The UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has called for prayers for rain (Salaat Al Istisqaa) be performed on Friday across all the country''s mosques and musallahs( prayer grounds). The prayers will be performed at 8am. Sheikh Khalifa called on Muslims living in the country to pray to Allah the Almighty for blessing the land with rain, in accordance with Prophet Mohammad''s (Peace Be Upon Him) Sunna to seek rains from Allah in times of need.