reciting aloud. Agreed upon (3). Al-Athram narrated with his chain of transmission from Abu (4) al-Aswad, who said: I reached Aban ibn 'Uthman, Hisham ibn Isma'il, 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Hazm; when they wanted to seek rain, they would go out to the open ground, and they would preach, then supplicate to Allah, and turn their faces toward the qiblah while supplicating, then one of them would turn his cloak from the right side to the left, and what was on the left to the right, and one of them would descend and recite in the two rak'ahs, reciting aloud. The third narrative is that he has the choice to deliver the sermon before the prayer or after it, due to the arrival of reports for both matters, and their indication for both modes; it is possible that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did both. The fourth is that he does not preach, but only supplicates and entreats; due to the statement of Ibn 'Abbas: "He did not preach like your sermon this, but he did not cease in supplication and entreaty (5)." Whichever of these he does is permissible, because the sermon is not obligatory according to all narratives; if he wishes, he performs it, and if he wishes, he omits it. The best is to preach after the prayer a single sermon, so that it may be like the 'Eid prayer, and so that they might have completed the prayer if their supplication is answered and they are aided with rain, then they would not need to pray during the rain. The statement of Ibn 'Abbas: "He did not preach like your sermon this (6)" is a negation of the mode, not the essence of the sermon; meaning, he did not preach like your sermon this, rather the bulk of his sermon was supplication, entreaty, and takbir.

325 - Issue; He said: (And he faces the qiblah, and turns his cloak inside out, making the right side left, and the left side right, and the people do likewise)

In summary, it is recommended for the preacher to face the qiblah during the sermon; due to what 'Abd Allah narrated.