Mufti Menk – Why No Rain?

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah who Allah Allah, he was
happy he nominated a Buddha who about we praise Allah subhanho wa Taala. We thank him upon all
conditions we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his entire
household, all his companions, we ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to bless every single one of
them, and to bless every single one of us and to grant us goodness and ease, to ease to create ease
for us in this world as well as the next My beloved brothers and sisters. Water is extremely
important. We all know made up of two hydrogen particles, one oxygen, and at the same time, if it is
		

			too much, there is a problem. If it is too little, there is a problem. It's a gift from Allah
subhanho wa Taala such that he is the one who chooses and decides exactly where it will fall in the
form of rain.
		

			He is the one who chooses whom he will grant the gift of water. He is the one who chooses whom He
will punish by keeping the water away or he will test by keeping the water away. Now, you and I know
that in this region, the Southern African region we are going through a drought. We have been
suffering the lack of rainfall, meaningful rainfall. We have seen clouds sometimes it's as though
these clouds are just teasing us. They come they are dark, we get happy we get excited. A shower for
a few seconds and it's gone. Unlike the previous years, we Allah subhanho wa Taala has blessed us
Alhamdulillah so I was asked a question last week and I thought I'd share the answer with you. What
		

			are the reasons that Allah subhanho wa Taala holds back rain? Simple question. Why I'm a Muslim, I'm
sure Allah has got an answer for this. Why is it that rain is held back? There is a very simple
answer to this. It is either as a punishment of Allah subhanho wa Taala in most cases, or it is a
test from Allah subhanho wa Taala in some cases, why do we say in most cases because Allah Subhana
Allah to Allah in the Quran explains quite clearly that in the past, he has used it as a punishment.
For example, the people have found the Pharaoh, Allah says, will
		

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			And indeed We inflicted the Pharaoh and his people or the people of Pharaoh with a drought a type of
a drought and various other punishments in order that they may turn back they may be reminded, they
may take heat, so it was an infliction, and at the same time it was in order to soften them. The
first thing when Allah inflicts anyone with anything, the first thing that should happen is the
people should become softened. If they are not suffering Allah subhanho wa Taala becomes even
harder. Because remember, who are we to be hard with Allah subhanho wa Taala Let's listen to what
Allah says. Well Allah we stuck, Amore, Allah. keyless canina.
		

			In surah, two Jin Allah subhanho wa Taala clearly says, had they been straight on the path and this
is a lesson for every one of us, had they been straight on the path meaningful, filling the
instructions of Allah and abstaining from the prohibitions of Allah subhanho wa Taala we would have
granted them pure water from the heavens from the skies, we would have blessed them with rains, it
means because they are disobeying Allah because they are not fulfilling the instructions of Allah.
That's why we are keeping the rain away. The rain is something that we know is a gift of Allah.
Allah says I will not give a gift to those who do not want to build a link with me who are not
		

			bothered about what I have asked them. When the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and this is a
hadith a beautiful Hadith, which is made mention of in so many books of Hadith, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was once asked by the companions, er Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, we are not having rain, he immediately told them seek the forgiveness of Allah. They said,
Make dua ask Allah so he asked Allah O Allah grant us rain and the people who are seeking
forgiveness of Allah, they were seeking the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala the rain came so
much that Friday, that the next Friday they came back to Rasulullah saw Salam O Messenger make this
		

			rain stops love. Make the rain stops. He says he laughed actually. So panela and he says Aloma How
are they in? Walla? Elena? Oh Allah grant us rain in the right places in the surroundings. You see,
sometimes the farms are in other places. What's the point of rain
		

			In the middle of the city creating potholes on all the roads, whereas the farms where we need the
rain more, there's no rain there so panela so the DA Allahumma Elena, voila, Elena Oh Allah, Let the
rain come around us in the right places in the surroundings and not necessarily exactly on us. May
Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us blessings then the rain subsided, or, as the narration says the
four rocket is to have meaning the clouds and actually then spread aside and the rain fell in
different places. This was Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he was the Messenger of Allah.
But notice what he said was seek the forgiveness of Allah and Allah will give you the rain. The same
		

			applies. If you take a look at what was said, for example, by houde alayhi salatu wa sallam to his
people, he said when they didn't have rain, Why call me all my people, is Dunphy Rubicon tomahto boo
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			Two things you need to do, seek the forgiveness of Allah and turn back to Allah. What's the
difference between a state of foreign Toba is still far is to say, Oh Allah, I asked you to forgive
me. Toba means I have now returned to you all I'm no longer the bad man I was. So if you say Oh
Allah, forgive me for my sin, He may forgive you for your sin. But if you go back to the sin, and
you are not really interested in changing your life, then you might have made is still far but you
did not engage in Toba.
		

			You did one thing you asked for forgiveness, but you kept on in your bad ways. When there is a life
changing, life changing moment that you have gone through then we are speaking the right language,
you change your life, you completely turn you soften your heart. Allah subhanho wa Taala says, He
hardens, he actually hardens or he inflicts for the people, and he has a stranglehold on them such
that those with patience are the only ones who will be successful. That's in the Quran in surah
baqarah. Allah says one another no one, a beautiful verse a long one, where Allah says, We will
indeed test you test you With what? A little bit of hunger, a little bit of fear, lack of produce
		

			lack of crops, loss of life and so on. And what does Allah say at the end? While Bashir is Saberi,
in good news only to one category of people who are the those who are forbearance and patient, those
who bear patients suffer, suffer means I'm happy with Allah's decree, I'm softened for the sake of
Allah. So when a lot punched me, literally, I became softened. I soften so much that I called out to
Allah subhanho wa Taala. And I became a very humble person. When we are asking for rain, Allah will
never grant rain to the proud heart never, not at all. It's in the hadith of Rasulullah saw Salaam
where he says soften your hearts. When you ask for Allah rein in what is known as his discard which
		

			meaning which means to go out and seek for him. You need to be softened. You need to be humble, you
need to have sought forgiveness and you need to have forgiven you need to be a person who is greater
than the situation you need to be a person who really is showing the humbleness and humility in need
of the mercy of Allah I can't be a you know what i'm a big businessman. And you know what i if I'm
if the rain comes it comes if not my dollar is not affected, to be honest rain, that water h2o, as
simple as it is. He changes the whole economy. Do you know that the economy of the nation depends on
water? Did you know that go and study you will find that it depends on water age to Oh, as simple as
		

			it is. And this is a last blessing. We don't want floods nor do we want the drought. We want
something in the middle and this is the gift of Allah if you want it well. Show Allah subhanho wa
Taala that indeed you are a person who is deserving of it. So you seek Allah's forgiveness
constantly. You must Don't say I didn't send No, each one of us needs to look into himself and find
where he has gone wrong. Something is wrong with every one of us because we are human beings. That's
why you cannot nobody can say I am sinless and spotless. You know, we're not getting rain because of
the brother. We're not getting rain because of the sister. How dare we think that way. We need to
		

			think we are not getting rain because of me. That's the correct way. We are not getting in because
of me. So what do I do? I must change by doing what soften my heart turn to Allah become humble,
greet the people respect them, fulfill their rights, be a person who stands up for justice and so
on. This is what Allah subhanho wa Taala requires of us And trust me, the rain will come in
abundance the minute all of us collectively engage in that. The difficulty is sometimes certain
people don't repent and some people repent. So for those who have repented, it becomes a test and
for those who have not repented, it becomes a punishment. May Allah Subhana Allah Allah grant us
		

			ease. I have a beautiful Hadith that I want to share with you today. Really, really powerful. And
this hadith is reported in Sudan even imagine and the narrator's are all authentic. It is a hadith
of Abdullah.
		

			have normal probably Allahumma he says, Allah Allah Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ofical
Come soon either to Li to begin to be lazy and to the Kahuna, he says, the prophet SAW Selim came to
us one day and he said, there are five things that you may be tested with, or if people are tested
with, then the following things will happen. Five things when people engage in them, then the result
will be as follows. And he says, may Allah protect us all? And may Allah protect you as well from
ever seeing these? Point Number one, he says, whenever immorality and adultery is committed by a
people, and they openly shamelessly proudly announce it, which means they committed a sin and
		

			they're proud about today. You know what, last night you know what I did? Oh, you see, I went to the
rave. I went to this I went to that and they openly proud of it. Really, they are announcing it. One
is you commit a sin and you are ashamed of yourself. There is still hope for you. But you commit a
sin and you say hey, connection me I did it you know, twice, thrice you you, you still you know
you're still a little youngster, etc. This type of language is actually arrogance against Allah. Be
careful. We are muslimeen we are people who have turned to Allah don't make those statements, even
in jest. May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive us. So he says, whenever immorality, adultery
		

			fornication is rampant in the community, and they are doing so proudly announcing it. Allah subhanho
wa Taala inflicts them with disease, with disease and various types of pain, various types of pain
that were never known before them, that type of disease and pain that was unheard of before.
Imagine. So the disease in pain connected to what immorality, then he says the second thing and
every time the nation becomes from among those who cheat in business, what does that mean? The term
use this young person MC Yala, well meezan when they shortchange people, you know, at that time it
was weighing. So you say, Look, I'll give you a kilo and you know that your kilo is more than a kilo
		

			here. So it's according to or it's less than a kilo in the sense that my weight is 900 grams, but
big it's written one kg, and I know I'm robbing everyone of 100 grams every time that is literally,
but at the same time, it applies to any form of cheating in business. You shortchange someone you
rob them, you lie to them, you count them about a commodity, no matter what you did, you consumed
interest, you you actually charged people that which they will not meant to be charged any form of
financial mismanagement or usurping of the wealth of the other. The Hadith says,
		

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			drought will overtake him, drought will overtake them and difficult days, it will be very difficult
for them to earn a livelihood, why the owner of livelihood is Allah and you are going against the
instruction of the same Allah. That's why Allah says I own it come and just be honest, the figures
don't matter. The blessings matter. That's what Allah says with us shape and tells us no the figures
matter, not the blessings, the figures matter, not the blessings that shape one's message and our
messages. Subhan Allah from Allah subhanho wa Taala the blessings matter, not the figures, for as
long as people are happy, don't worry, you will be blessed. So this is why the cheating in business,
		

			what does it result in your economy dropping in the sense that you find it hard to earn a living?
Well, there's something wrong in the way you're earning your money? May Allah subhanho wa Taala,
forgive us. And he says, in that case, there is also one other aspect Joe silvani, Allah him those
in authority over this type of nation who cheat in business, they will be harsh on them, they will
actually be oppressive on them. So those in authority become oppressive as a result of what cheating
in business. So let's clean our act. My brothers and sisters, no use pointing at others just pointed
ourselves. Never ever think to yourself, hey, that guy erupts in business. That guy is like this.
		

			This woman is like that. That's why we are suffering. No, the true moment is He who feels that I am
the one who's the problem. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Think about it. Think about it deeply.
How are you earning? What are you doing yourself? No one is picking on you. But the Hadith is
advising you Here we are. So the third part of it the Prophet sallallahu Sallam says, Well Amina
Osaka tamale him in Qatar, Amina sama. Whenever they are not calculating their Zakat properly or
they're not giving their Zakah and charities properly, then the water from the heavens will be
blocked for them. They will not get the droplets from the sky won't even come down. Why? They are
		

			cheating. There's a car they are cheating with Zika it's not fulfilled or they did not calculate it
correctly or they were stingy in that regard today. When it comes to excess charities. We find it so
difficult
		

			To give and we speak here about over and above this occur Zachary's two and a half percent in most
cases of what your savings and various other types of wealth not including so many types of your
wealth is just a certain category of wealth, even that we find it difficult like I said last week if
you recall, people say my wealth is actually tied I know I owe so much but it's tied in this
building, that building will loosen the building, if you want to build a building in general, may
Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us forgiveness. So then the hotties continues to say while I will fall
behind him. Let him borrow.
		

			If it wasn't for the animals, they would never have got rain. And from this we learned that
sometimes Allah gives us rain not because of us. We don't deserve it. But Allah has mercy on the
animals Allahu Akbar. May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive us really, it's something worth crying
about. Similarly, the Hadith says what a million coup De La Hoya de su de la sala de la Halima
deworming him. Whenever they break the covenant of Allah and His Messenger, Allah inflicts them or
punishes them through an enemy besides them, someone else a third party comes and attacks you. For
what? Well, that's because you had no link with Allah subhanho wa Taala. You broke your covenant
		

			with Allah and His Messenger, you distanced yourself from Allah. So Allah says, okay, the difficulty
you're going to face now is a third party is going to come and attack you. How are they going to
attack in whatever way they will be fear of what from a third party, something that came from a
distance, Reason being, go back to Allah go back to Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam go back to reality,
reality is connected closely to death. Remember this, this is why they say when a person, they say
their heart is hardened, and you know, I can't cry. I don't know I can't concentrate in worship, one
quick solution, start washing deceased bodies, and your problem is solved. Start volunteering to
		

			wash those who've passed away. So you start participating in their burial and washing and shouting
and so on. Why it softens you immediately. It makes you realize this was my brother stronger than
me. He had more wealth than me Look at him, he can't even move his gun in May Allah subhanho wa
Taala grant us a deep understanding. So that is a very, very important point. The last point that is
mentioned in the same Hadith, those who seek ruling in that which is besides Allah and His
Messenger, you know, when you have a dispute, and you want to seek judgment by that, which is
besides Allah and His Messenger, sallallahu alayhi wasallam. The Hadith says, Allah subhanho wa
		

			Taala makes them fight amongst each other. You know why? Because justice is from Allah. That's why
Allah says, I will give justice and peace is very closely connected to justice. If you have peace,
you have justice. And if you have justice, you have peace generally. But Allah says if you want to
seek justice, in that which is besides what Allah has decreed, and decided amongst yourselves, then
we will create a problem amongst yourselves so you will begin to fight one another. Look at the
hadith of Rasulullah sasana. Isn't it powerful? Shouldn't we be learning? You know, there is a
hadith also Hadith of
		

			the Prophet sallahu wa sallam once said, Allah Allah Bo cumbia copper in Kabbalah, should I not
inform you of the biggest sins you could ever commit? Now this is obviously something that would
stop the rain if you committed it because it's the major sins. So what are they? He says, an issue
Rabelais. Firstly, to associate partners with Allah, you worship worship Allah alone, don't ever
risk that you worship worship Allah alone, no stick, no Stone, no saying no animal, no nothing, no
creature of Allah, you worship Allah alone. Because the biggest crime you could ever commit is to
worship besides Allah. Secondly, he says, Oh Cuckoo
		

			Cuckoo holiday in what does that mean? Your parents to be unkind to your parents. We're not talking
here of obedience in that which is wrong. But we are talking of that which is reasonable, you are
unkind to them. You might want to say, you know what, that I don't agree with you. But say it in a
beautiful way. You need to respect and be kind. There is a difference here between respect kindness,
and on the other hand, obedience. You obey them for as long as they don't instruct you to do
something Haram. But when it comes to kindness, even if they've asked you to do something, Haram,
you kindly excuse yourself, you respectfully excuse yourself, you have no reason to disrespect
		

			dishonor your parents. And the third thing he says, Now the Hadith
		

			of the law, and he says the prophets of Salaam was lying down. When he said, should I not inform you
of the biggest things you can ever commit east and while he was lying down, he said, Sheikh that's
association of partnership with Allah. Secondly, the disobedience of parents as I explained it, and
he was lying down now he set up his face went red, and he said, Allah wa kousuke
		

			Your Shahada to Surah, behold, false witness bearing false witness and claiming that which is false.
And he repeated it beware bearing false witness and claiming that which is false beware bearing
false witness and claiming that which is false beware bearing false witness and claiming that which
is false beware bearing false witness and claiming that which is false beware bearing false witness
and claiming that which is false, the Sahaba say, later who second until we all said we hope he can
keep quiet now? Allahu Allahu Akbar. You see, I notice how I repeated it. I'm sure a lot of you must
have said What's his problem? What can he keep quiet? That's exactly what happened. He repeated it
		

			with a red face. He sat up he said, watch out false witness amongst you. Not only the rain will stop
but it will earn the wrath and the anger of Allah when Allah punishes you it will come in such a way
that you won't know daylight from the night. We won't know the morning from the evening you won't
know you're left from your right let's make sure that we understand this hadith very clearly. You
want rain you want economy you want wealth, you want goodness, you want happiness, you want
gentleness, ultimately, listen to these words, directly taken Hadith tuffa con la which means there
is no doubt upon the correctness of this hadith of Abdul Rahman. Allah, may Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			forgive us. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a lesson. May Allah grant us the opportunity to
engage in Toba before it is too late. May Allah subhanho wa Taala never create dispute amongst us.
May Allah help us resolve whatever disputes we may have amongst us. May Allah soften our hearts for
the right reason. May Allah subhanahu wa taala never make us bear false witness for $1 or a pound or
for a little bit of pride that we may have in ourselves. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from
among those who understand that we as meaning our brothers, we need the rain in order to achieve the
rain. We need to seek the forgiveness of Allah in the true sense. Soften your hearts, humble
		

			yourself for the sake of Allah Otherwise, there is a punishment of Allah that He has told us will
come in our direction. We cannot afford that. I cannot announce war with Allah nor can you well if
you are serious about it, think of what we have said today was Allahu wa sallam albaraka ala nabina
Muhammad