Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-10b
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The reciter: Isma'il narrated to us, Malik narrated to me from Salih ibn Kaysan from 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Utbah ibn Mas'ud from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani that he said: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 907.
The Shaykh : In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, they used to say, "We have been given rain by the constellation," and the constellation is the star when it rises. They attributed the rain to the constellations, meaning to the rising stars. So Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) made it clear that this is disbelief in Him. This is a sacred hadith in which Allah made it clear that attributing rain to the rising constellation is disbelief in Him, because the constellations are not a cause for happiness nor a cause for misery, and the events of the earth have no connection to them.
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, led us in the Subh prayer at Hudaybiyya after it had rained on us during the night. When he finished, he faced the people and said, 'Do you know what your Lord has said?' They replied, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'This morning My slaves have become divided up into believers and unbelievers. Those who said, "We had rain by the favour and mercy of Allah," believe in Me and reject the stars. Those who said that it was because of a certain star, disbelieve in Me and believe in the stars."
صلى لنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة الصبح بالحديبية على إثر سماء كانت من الليلة، فلما انصرف النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أقبل على الناس فقال: هل تدرون ماذا قال ربكم؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم، قال: أصبح من عبادي مؤمن بي وكافر، فأما من قال مطرنا بفضل الله ورحمته فذلك مؤمن بي كافر بالكوكب، وأما من قال بنوء كذا وكذا فذلك كافر بي مؤمن بالكوكبThe Shaykh : In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, they used to say, "We have been given rain by the constellation," and the constellation is the star when it rises. They attributed the rain to the constellations, meaning to the rising stars. So Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) made it clear that this is disbelief in Him. This is a sacred hadith in which Allah made it clear that attributing rain to the rising constellation is disbelief in Him, because the constellations are not a cause for happiness nor a cause for misery, and the events of the earth have no connection to them.