The Ruling on Working with a Computer and Weather Forecasting

The questioner : He asks about the ruling on working with a computer, where it determines the gender of what is in the mothers' wombs, and informs about the rising and setting, clouds, and rain a month in advance?

The Shaykh : Yes, there is nothing wrong with engaging in this, provided it does not occupy one from what is more important than it. What is that?
Because this falls under the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted, "And Allah teaches you," and His saying, , and His saying, .
So there is nothing wrong with learning these matters, except if they occupy one from what is obligatory and more important than them; that is a different matter. But if they do not occupy one, they are very beneficial and also carry benefit, even for Muslims in general, so that the Muslim people do not remain ignorant. People are advancing to the great crafts that serve them in a way the mind cannot imagine. So, when I saw this computer—and I am saying a paper came to me from a woman, it appeared from a woman, she told me, why do you say "computer"? Because "computer" is an English language, but say "al-'aad" or "al-hasib" or something similar. So I was amazed, Subhan Allah, I have many men who did not say anything about this matter, and this woman is criticizing me. The criticism is in its place, and a person should be thanked for it. So, can we change it?

The presenter : They call the electronic computer, they call it the electronic computer.

The Shaykh : The machine. And I say, if we change it, that is better. And if we do not change it, there is no harm. Because the pure Arabic language contains words translated and brought from another language. Even in the Noble Qur'an, there are words whose origin is not Arabic, but the Arabs used them, so they became part of their speech. These words are called "mu'rabah" (Arabicized) words.
So there is no harm in calling these names by what their owners called them, and there is nothing wrong with that. In any case, I say that engaging with the computer is not a problem if it does not occupy one from an obligation or what is more important, because it carries benefit. As for the knowledge of what is in the womb of the female after it is created, this is a matter that has occurred now and is known, and it does not contradict the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, .
Because this knowledge only occurs after existence. The knowledge of Allah the Exalted of what is in the wombs is a reality before existence. He knows what will be in the womb of this female, even if she has not become pregnant. He also knows what is in her belly before it is created. He knows the outcome of this pregnancy, and He knows its life, its deeds, and all its conditions. And they do not reach anything except the knowledge of a tangible thing after its existence, after its occurrence, which is maleness and femaleness, and the femaleness. And likewise, their knowledge of what will happen regarding the rain is knowledge that is perceived, but it is through strong sensitivity. And Allah the Mighty and Majestic made a cause for every thing. The rains have causes, and the clouds have causes, all within this atmospheric layer. There are very, very precise instruments by which, after studying them and conducting tests on them,
it is shown that the weather is adjusted for the rain to be near or far. And he says that it is up to a month. And this is new knowledge, because what I know is that it is up to twenty-four hours, and that they have now reached three days. I do not know if that has increased or not? So these are also matters perceived by the senses and are not from the matters of the unseen. And there is nothing wrong for a person to believe them. But if someone says to a person, "You will have such and such, and you will have such and such," that is what is from the knowledge of the unseen, and it is not permissible for anyone to believe it. For this reason, I warn you from reading some magazines that come to the Kingdom, in which there is the unlucky horoscope and the lucky horoscope and the like. And they mention a horoscope for a person: "In which star were you born? If you were born in such and such, such and such will happen and such and such will happen?" This is forbidden, and it is absolutely not permissible to believe it. And believing in it is from disbelief.