The ruling on attributing the descent of rain to artificial rainmaking

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Question:
He says: We hear in this era, through the newspapers, about the issue of rainmaking from the sky, which is the seeding of clouds via aircraft. They have even confused those with weak faith and attributed the descent of rain to these inventions, so some of the simple-minded among the people believed them. What is your advice and guidance, may Allah preserve you?

Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the One who sends down rain whenever He wills. Ahm. And in whatever place He wills (Glorified and Exalted is He). As for stopping the rain, no one has the power to do this except Allah. He the Exalted said:

⁽⁶⁸⁾ And have you seen the water that you drink? ⁽⁶⁹⁾ Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ الْمَاءَ الَّذِي تَشْرَبُونَ أَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ

[Al-Waqi'ah 56:68-69]

meaning from the clouds

or is it We who bring it down?

أَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنزِلُونَ

[Al-Waqi'ah 56:69]

. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) informed that He is the One who sends down rain, and He challenged people, saying:

Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

أَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنزِلُونَ

[Al-Waqi'ah 56:69]

? Can anyone come and lie to Allah, saying, "No, we sent it down from the clouds"? No, no one can do this. Rather, these are deceptions and confusions imposed on people, [O] the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
prayed with his companions at al-Hudaybiyyah, as in the hadith of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Sahih:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the Fajr prayer with his companions at al-Hudaybiyyah following a sky, meaning rain, that had been in the night. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the Fajr prayer, he said to his companions: Do you know what your Lord said?

صلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بأصحابه في الحديبية صلاة الفجر على إثر سماء يعني مطر كان من الليل، فلما انصرف صلى الله عليه وسلم من صلاة الفجر قال لأصحابه أتدرون ماذا قال ربكم؟

They said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'Some of my slaves have begun the morning believing in Me, and others have begun it rejecting Me. As for those who say, 'We were rained on by the overflowing favour of Allah and His mercy,' they believe in Me and reject the stars.

قالوا الله ورسوله أعلم. قال قال أصبح من عبادي مؤمن بي وكافر، فمن قال مطرنا بفضل الله ورحمته فذلك مؤمن بي كافر بالكوكب

Muwatta Malik 13:4

. And

and who said: We have had a rainfall due to the rising of such and such (star) disbelieved Me and affirmed his faith in the stars.

من قال مطرنا بنوء كذا وكذا فذلك كافر بي مؤمن بالكوكب

Sahih Muslim 71

So the one who attributes the sending down of rain to other than Allah is a disbeliever. We do not believe the disbelievers in this clear and evident matter, nor do we believe their propaganda. This is absolutely not permissible, and it should not be spread among Muslims. How can it be spread among students of knowledge? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that seeking rain by the stars, meaning attributing rain to the stars, attributing rain to the stars and that the stars are the ones who send down rain or cause it to be sent down, he made this part of the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Seeking rain by the stars, he said:

Four things in my Ummah are from the characteristics of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and

أربع في أمتي من خصال الجاهلية لا

they invoke them. And he mentioned among them seeking rain by the stars. So this is a matter that must be denied and refuted, and it must not be spread among Muslims. Yes.

Source [و لا تتبعوا السبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيله] — alfawzan.live (32:01)

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