A word from the Shaykh regarding the descent of rain as a mercy from Allah to His servants.

Machine translationRead the Arabic original

The Shaykh : All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides, no one can mislead, and whoever He misleads, no one can guide. And I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family and his Companions and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment).
As for what follows, we thank Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for what He has bestowed upon this region in the form of the floods that occurred, and we hope to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) that they will be a beneficial rain by which Allah benefits the land and the servants. These rains that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) sends upon the servants move by the permission of Allah, swiftly or slowly, according to what the wisdom of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) requires. It is not hidden from us what happened in the story of the man who heard a voice from the clouds saying: "Water so-and-so's garden," meaning his orchard. When he heard this voice, he was amazed at how the clouds are commanded to water so-and-so's garden. So he followed the clouds until it rained on a land from which a wadi emerged and poured into this garden, watering it. The man who heard the voice said to the owner of the garden: "What are you doing in your garden?" He said to him: "What is your business with it?" He said: "I heard a voice from the clouds saying: 'Water so-and-so's garden,' for this garden of yours." He said: "Since you have said this, I will divide it into three parts: one third for its maintenance, one third for my maintenance and that of my family, and one third I will give in charity. So look at how the watering of this garden was by the will of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And what indicates this is also what is established in *the two Sahihs* from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

A man entered the mosque on Friday while the Imam was delivering the sermon, and he said: "O Messenger of Allah, the wealth has been destroyed and the roads have been cut off, so call upon Allah to send us relief." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) raised his hands and said: "O Allah, send us rain, O Allah, send us rain, O Allah, send us rain," three times, and he did not add to that. Anas said: "By Allah, there was no cloud in the sky nor a wisp - meaning: the sky was clear with no wide cloud, nor a wisp, which is a piece of cloud - and between us and Sulayl there was no house or dwelling - and Sulayl is a known mountain in Medina from whose direction the clouds come - he said: So Allah created a cloud from its edge like a shield -

دخل رجل المسجد يوم الجمعة والإمام يخطب، فقال : يا رسول الله هلكت الأموال وانقطعت السبل فادع الله يغيثنا، فرفع النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم يديه وقال : اللهم أغثنا، اللهم أغثنا، اللهم أغثنا ثلاث مرات، ما زاد على ذلك، قال أنس : فوالله ما في السماء من سحاب ولا قزعة - يعني : أن السماء صحو ليس فيها سحاب واسع، ولا قزعة وهي قطعة السحاب - وما بيننا وبين سلع من بيت ولا دار - وسلع جبل معروف في المدينة يأتي السحاب من جهته - قال : فأنشأ الله سحابة من روائه مثل الترس -

meaning: the large cloud became confused - so it rose in the sky, and when it reached the middle of the sky, it spread and thundered and lightning flashed, and it rained. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did not descend from the pulpit until the rain was dripping from his beard. Subhan Allah

His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.

إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئاً أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

[Ya-Sin 36:82]

Then the rain continued for the whole week, so a man came from the second Friday, or the first man, and said:

O Messenger of Allah! The buildings have collapsed and the wealth has been drowned, so call upon Allah to hold it back from us - so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a supplication, but he did not say: "O Allah, hold it back from us," rather he supplicated with what brings about good and averts harm - he said: "O Allah, around us and not upon us," and he was pointing with his hand to the sides, and wherever he pointed to a side, it dispersed by the permission of Allah.

يا رسول الله! تهدم البناء، وغرق المال، فادع الله يمسكها عنا - فدعا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لكنه لم يقل : اللهم أمسكها عنا، وإنما دعا بما فيه حصول الخير واندفاع الضرر - قال : اللهم حوالينا ولا علينا، وجعل يشير بيده إلى النواحي فما أشار إلى ناحية إلا انفرجت بإذن الله

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) does not manage the clouds, but it is Allah (Mighty and Majestic) who manages them.

So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) called upon his Lord: "O Allah, around us and not upon us," so the clouds dispersed and the people went out walking in the sun. He said: "Around us and not upon us, O Allah, upon the mountains and the valleys and the places where trees grow."

فدعا النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم ربه : اللهم حوالينا ولا علينا، فانفرج السحاب وخرج الناس يمشون في الشمس ، قال : حوالينا ولا علينا، اللهم على الضراب والآكام وبطون الأودية ومنابت الشجر

And since it is Allah the Exalted who sends down the rain, it is obligatory for us to acknowledge Him with our hearts and tongues with gratitude, that He is the true bestower of blessings, and that we perform obedience to Him with our limbs, because gratitude is the performance of obedience to the bestower of blessings.

Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

Similar fatwas