during any of the obligatory prayer times, gestures toward the direction of the Sacred House (the Kaaba) with prostration without audible recitation, and that is if he fears for himself from the dominance of the enemy. He performs the conditions of prayer, including bowing and prostration, whether in war or in a perilous journey. The esoteric meaning of this is the Knower’s concealment of his true prayer from those ignorant of God and the hiding of its rulings from them. This is part of the realities of the persons [represented by] the units of prayer in bowing and prostration; for the believer is the one who fears the world of the senses, the one traveling toward the world of Holiness, and the one warring against the Satan of the self.

Therefore, it is mandatory for him to hide his state by veiling the secret of Monotheism, fearing for himself from the people of ignorance. For this reason, the outward indication was established in correspondence to it as a warning against the participation of the 'Opposites' (al-mukhalifin) therein; because the people of Monotheism are a single soul; even if they were a thousand, they would be one due to their unity upon the knowledge of God.

As for the Prayer for Rain (al-Istisqa’): it is recommended outwardly during the drought of the land and the cessation of rain.