KUWAIT: Several mosques in Kuwait witnessed yesterday morning the Istisqaa Prayers (rain-seeking prayers). The prayers, held in supplication to His Almighty Allah for rain, are in line with the Prophetic Sunnah. The two-rakaa prayer is led by an imam. The first rakaa begins with reciting Allaho Akbar seven times and the second starts with five. The worshippers after the prayers are addressed with a sermon, then the imam and the attendees pray to Allah Almighty to bless the country with rain. Kuwait has not witnessed heavy rain this winter as of yesterday; however, there have been sporadic light rainfalls. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat