Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an when it rains, or is supplication recommended when it rains? And is there a Prophetic hadith indicating that supplication is recommended?

The questioner : Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an when it rains, or is supplication recommended when it rains? And is there a Prophetic hadith indicating that supplication is recommended on its own, without reciting the Qur'an?

The Shaykh : Reciting the Qur'an is not prescribed specifically when it rains; rather, it is prescribed at all times. However, what is prescribed when it rains is to say: This is because rain may be beneficial, it may be non-beneficial, or it may be harmful.
Rain may be harmful if it causes houses to collapse, crops to drown, and livestock to perish. This is harm. Allah the Exalted sent the flood upon the people of Noah, and He sent it upon the people of Saba' as retribution.
Rain may fall and the earth may not grow anything. It is established in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , meaning that much rain may fall, but the earth does not grow anything. Here, the rain was not beneficial because the drought remained.
Therefore, a person should say when it rains: As for reciting the Qur'an when it rains, it is not a recommended practice. Yes.