The ruling on slaughtering for the purpose of bringing rain

Question:
Slaughtering a sheep or a cow. Some of the common people say that this causes the rain to come down. Is this permissible?

Answer:
This is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). We ask Allah for safety. It is not permissible to slaughter for the purpose of bringing rain. What is prescribed is the prayer for rain (istisqa') and supplication, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when the rain ceased and the land became barren. He went out to the prayer ground, prayed two units (rak'ahs) with his companions, and then supplicated after them for rain and mercy from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is the Sunnah (recommended practice) reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). As for slaughtering for the purpose of bringing rain, this is from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Yes. Abu 'Abdullah. If he intends by this anything other than Allah, slaughtering for other than Allah, for a close friend of Allah (wali), for a tree, for a stone, for a jinn, or for a human, in order for the rain to come down, then this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). We ask Allah for safety. Yes.