The ruling on one who says: When so-and-so arrived, the rain came
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There are shirk-related phrases that are widespread, such as when someone says: When so-and-so came to us, the rain came. Is this considered major shirk (associating partners with Allah) or minor shirk?
He says: Some people, when it rains and the rain coincides with the arrival of another person, say: "When he came to us, the rain came." They make the man's arrival the cause of the rain. This is a lie. How does he know that Allah sent down the rain for his sake?! So he has spoken about Allah without knowledge, and this is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah); because he attributed the thing to an unknown cause. He must repent to Allah and not return to it.
The questioner: Is this major shirk or minor shirk?The Shaykh: No.
It is not major shirk;Because he did not say: [It is as if] this man is the one who brought the rain.
He says: Some people, when it rains and the rain coincides with the arrival of another person, say: "When he came to us, the rain came." They make the man's arrival the cause of the rain. This is a lie. How does he know that Allah sent down the rain for his sake?! So he has spoken about Allah without knowledge, and this is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah); because he attributed the thing to an unknown cause. He must repent to Allah and not return to it.
The questioner: Is this major shirk or minor shirk?The Shaykh: No.
It is not major shirk;Because he did not say: [It is as if] this man is the one who brought the rain.