Attributing the delay of rain and calamities to talebearing and gossip

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Sometimes when the rain is delayed or a calamity befalls the Muslims, we say that this is due to the spread of talebearing or due to gossip. Is this considered lying about Allah?

Answer:
No, this is correct. The withholding of rain is due to sins, and if a calamity befalls you, , and what prevented a people , there is no doubt that calamities are caused by the sins of the children of Adam. Therefore, they are commanded to seek forgiveness, they are commanded to perform the prayer for rain, seek forgiveness, and give charity, with the hope that Allah the Exalted will remove what is afflicting them. There is no doubt that the occurrence of calamities is due to sins and disobedience, due to sins and disobedience. But what are the sins and disobedience? They are not what create the calamities; rather, it is Allah who creates them and sends them down, and the sins are one of the causes.