The Causes of the Delay in Rainfall and Urging People to Perform the Prayer for Rain

Question:
We conclude with this question, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What are the causes of the delay in rainfall? And we ask for your advice, may Allah grant you success, in urging the brothers to attend the prayer for rain next Monday? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
I do not think the cause of the delay in rainfall is hidden from anyone; it is the sins of the servants. Do you not see the many sins and the boldness of people today in what Allah has forbidden, such as forbidden earnings, consuming riba (usury or interest), and taking bribes? Do you not see the delay in prayer and the laziness regarding prayer? Do you not see the withholding of zakah (the obligatory alms) or stinginess with zakah? All of these are crimes. Do you not see the shortcoming in measures and weights and the deception in trade? All of these are causes for the prevention of rain from the sky. We advise the brothers to be keen to attend the prayer for rain and to call Muslims to it, because everyone is in need; all people are in need of this.
So you should not be pleased with yourself for being rich and your house being full of food and money. What comes to you is the same as what comes to others, and it will be exhausted . So do not be deluded by what you have. Also, you are one of the Muslims, so you should care about what harms Muslims. Even if you have no need yourself, you should care for the needy among the Muslims. The Muslims are like one body; if one part complains, the rest of the body responds to it with sleeplessness and fever. Yes.