The Meaning of the Hadith: "Do Not Cursing the Time" and the Ruling on Describing a Day as Gloomy

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) , some scholars have said that when people say "this is a gloomy day" or "this is a black day," this is not considered cursing the time. I hope you will clarify this?

Answer:
Yes, describing the day in this way is permissible. Allah described it and is pleased that it is a day of misfortune, a painful, agonizing punishment. Describing the day or the punishment as severe, painful, or a day of misfortune is permissible. What is condemned is cursing the time for what has happened, such as death or killing. This is what is condemned: blaming the time. You attribute what has happened of the disliked things to the time. However, if the day is described as a stormy day, a day of a violent wind, or a severe day, there is no harm in that, because this is not a matter of blame; it is a matter of description. You say, "This is a good day" or "This is a good wind," or you say or a severe day, or a painful day, or something similar. There is no harm in that. This came in the Qur'an, describing the day as a day of misfortune.