The Rainfall on the Worshippers of Idols and Their Claim That Allah Gives Them What They Ask For Based on Their Intentions
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: There are those who say that the people who used to worship idols and slaughter animals for them would have rain fall after they slaughtered for these idols, so Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) gives them what they ask for based on their intentions.
Answer:
No, it is not based on their intentions; rather, He is luring them, and may Allah protect us from that, luring them so that they may increase in sin. Should they not be deceived by this? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: There are those who say that the people who used to worship idols and slaughter animals for them would have rain fall after they slaughtered for these idols, so Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) gives them what they ask for based on their intentions.
Answer:
No, it is not based on their intentions; rather, He is luring them, and may Allah protect us from that, luring them so that they may increase in sin. Should they not be deceived by this? Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب في غير أولي الإربة — islamhouse.com (46:46)
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