Abu Hanifah views seeking rain principally as supplication and repentance, without establishing a fixed congregational prayer as a specific sunnah.
Reports that establish rain-seeking supplication without specifying a formal congregational prayer support this distinction. Individual prayer remains permissible.
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Salat al-Istisqa: Supplication for Rain and Juristic Rulings
Abu Hanifah views seeking rain principally as supplication and repentance, without establishing a fixed congregational prayer as a specific sunnah.
Reports that establish rain-seeking supplication without specifying a formal congregational prayer support this distinction. Individual prayer remains permissible.