The Truth of the Rumors About Incoming Storms and Tempests and Our Position Toward Them

Question:
Honorable Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him), what is the truth of the rumor spreading among people these days that there are storms and tempests coming from here and there, and what is our position toward them?

Answer:
It is obligatory to have faith in Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and to ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for mercy and gentleness toward His servants. As for reporting on future events, this is a claim of knowledge of the unseen, and knowledge of the unseen is known only by Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Therefore, it is not permissible for us to believe these people, but we must have faith in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and ask Allah for well-being, and that He be gentle with us, and that He have mercy on us, and that He not punish us for our sins.
We are deserving of punishment. We are deserving of the descent of storms. And the descent of lightning. And the descent of torment. Were it not that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is Merciful to us. And Forgiving to us. . Why do we have fear one day from some sorcerers or some charlatans who say that such and such will happen, and we do not have fear from our sins, which are the true cause? There is no doubt that our sins are a cause for disobedience, a cause for storms, a cause for punishments. Why do we not fear our sins and fear the news of a lying reporter? Yes.