The Ruling on Attributing Heat and Cold to Stars and Prophets
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Question:
Some people, especially in the rural areas, when there is severe heat, attribute it to some of the prophets, or to the stars, or to Suhail, or to the Pleiades, or to whatever they call it. What is the ruling on this attribution?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. If one says, for example, that summer is the time for heat and winter is the time for cold, there is no harm in that. We say, for instance, that summer is the time for heat and winter is the time for cold. Allah made it so; Allah placed cold in winter and heat in summer, and He placed heat in the day and coolness in the night. That is the end of it; Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, made it so. There is no harm in saying that summer is the time for heat and winter is the time for cold. However, if they believe that summer is what brings the heat, or that winter is what brings the cold, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah), because none but Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, brings heat and cold; He is the Creator. Or if they believe that a star is what brings the rain. A chapter on this will come in this book. You are not reading the book; this is a great book. It contains a chapter on seeking rain through the stars, a chapter on what has come regarding astrology, and a chapter on what has come regarding sorcery. It has great chapters, meaning, if you were to read them. Yes.
Some people, especially in the rural areas, when there is severe heat, attribute it to some of the prophets, or to the stars, or to Suhail, or to the Pleiades, or to whatever they call it. What is the ruling on this attribution?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. If one says, for example, that summer is the time for heat and winter is the time for cold, there is no harm in that. We say, for instance, that summer is the time for heat and winter is the time for cold. Allah made it so; Allah placed cold in winter and heat in summer, and He placed heat in the day and coolness in the night. That is the end of it; Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, made it so. There is no harm in saying that summer is the time for heat and winter is the time for cold. However, if they believe that summer is what brings the heat, or that winter is what brings the cold, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah), because none but Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, brings heat and cold; He is the Creator. Or if they believe that a star is what brings the rain. A chapter on this will come in this book. You are not reading the book; this is a great book. It contains a chapter on seeking rain through the stars, a chapter on what has come regarding astrology, and a chapter on what has come regarding sorcery. It has great chapters, meaning, if you were to read them. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٠٨ — archive.org (9:39)
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