The ruling on inferring the time of rain from the appearance of certain stars

Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: Some people infer the time of rain from the appearance of certain stars. Is that permissible?

Answer:
We have two things here. The first is the times and seasons, the times when rain falls. There is nothing wrong with these; Allah has established the custom that rain falls in winter and does not fall in the summer heat. These are called the times for rain to fall, if Allah wills. There are also causes for rain to fall, and there is a difference between the times and the causes. There are no causes for rain to fall; that is up to the power of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. As for the times, yes, they are times for rain to fall. If Allah wills, it falls, and if He wills, it does not. Sometimes the times pass, the season passes, the period of al-Murqabaniyyah passes, and the rain does not fall. Winter passes and the rain does not fall, even though it is the time for rain to fall. So the falling of rain is from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. As for the time, it exists, there is no doubt about that. Yes.