Advice on Seeking Forgiveness During Drought
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Question:
He says: This region has been suffering from drought and barrenness for years, and this is undoubtedly due to our sins, so we hope you will give us advice regarding that?
Answer:
We advise you to do what Allah has advised you to do: seeking forgiveness. Increase in seeking forgiveness. For this drought has not befallen you except because of your sins. So you must engage in sincere seeking of forgiveness.[Nuh 71:10-12].
So I said, "Seek forgiveness"[Nuh 71:10]. Allah is the Forgiver, Glorified and Exalted is He. If you seek His forgiveness with sincerity and pure intention, He will accept your seeking of forgiveness, forgive you, and send down the rain. [Ash-Shuraa 42:28]. And Hud said to his people, "O my people, seek forgiveness from your Lord and then repent to Him; He will send the sky upon you in abundance and add strength to your strength, and do not turn away as criminals."
So seeking forgiveness is the greatest type of prayer for rain and the greatest type of supplication for rain. So increase in seeking forgiveness, being sincere with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. And leave the sins and disobedience that have stood between you and the mercy of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
He says: This region has been suffering from drought and barrenness for years, and this is undoubtedly due to our sins, so we hope you will give us advice regarding that?
Answer:
We advise you to do what Allah has advised you to do: seeking forgiveness. Increase in seeking forgiveness. For this drought has not befallen you except because of your sins. So you must engage in sincere seeking of forgiveness.
(10) And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver. (11) He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers (12) And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًاSo I said, "Seek forgiveness"
of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًاAnd it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا قَنَطُوا وَيَنشُرُ رَحْمَتَهُ وَهُوَ الْوَلِيُّ الْحَمِيدُSo seeking forgiveness is the greatest type of prayer for rain and the greatest type of supplication for rain. So increase in seeking forgiveness, being sincere with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. And leave the sins and disobedience that have stood between you and the mercy of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-06-الاعتصام بالكتاب والسنة|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (37:20)
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