It is narrated on the authority of Ubayy bin Ka’b [may
Allaah be Pleased with him] that the Messenger of Allaah [Peace and Blessings
of Allaah be upon him] said:
Do not revile the wind (i.e. the weather)! If you see
something you do not like say:
اللهم إنا نسألك من خير هذه الريح وخير
ما فيها ، وخير ما أمرت به ، ونعوذ بك من شر هذه الريح وشر ما فيها وشر ما أمرت به
Oh Allaah! I ask You for the good of this wind, the good
of whatever it brings and the good that it has been commanded to come with.
And I seek refuge in You from the bad of it, the bad of
what it brings and the bad of what it has been commanded to come with.
[Reported by at-Tirmidhee (2252) and classed as Saheeh by
al-Albaanee in Saheeh at-Tirmidhee]
The prohibition of cursing the wind (or the weather in
general) is because the bellow it comes with is from the Command of Allaah, the
Most High. He Created it and Commanded it to come. So cursing the weather is
like cursing the One Who Created it and Commanded to come, Allaah, the Glorified.
Similar to prohibition of cursing and reviling time, this
is similar to it.
There is none that curses the weather or time except that
they are ignorance of Allaah, His Religion, His Sharee’ah and the correct
manner to worship Him.
In this Hadeeth, the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of
Allaah be upon him] has prohibited the
People of al-Emaan to utter statements of such ignorance and abuse. He guided
them to what was obligatory upon them, so that if one is faced with testing
weather conditions they should supplicate:
اللهم إنا نسألك من خير هذه الريح وخير
ما فيها ، وخير ما أمرت به ، ونعوذ بك من شر هذه الريح وشر ما فيها وشر ما أمرت به
Oh Allaah! I ask You for the good of this wind, the good
of whatever it brings and the good that it has been commanded to come with.
And I seek refuge in You from the bad of it, the bad of
what it brings and the bad of what it has been commanded to come with.
What this supplication means is that if one is faced with
testing weather conditions, rather than reviling and cursing, one should hasten
back to Tawheed (the Oneness of Allaah) and supplicate to Him by saying, “Oh
Allaah!...”
Also, this supplication instils the worship of Allaah,
Obedience to Him and His Messenger. It closes the doors to evil thoughts and
words, and upholds gratitude in the slave for all the favours and blessings
that He has Given to the People of at-Tawheed and al-Emaan. Their state differs
to the people of sin and transgression, those who have been forbidden to taste
the sweetness of at-Tawheed and the realities of al-Emaan.
[Fath al-Majeed Sharh Kitaab at-Tawheed (Pg. 305)]
Note: there is a difference between the one who intends to
curse the weather and the one who intends to describe the weather with its
negative characteristics:
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh al-‘Uthaymeen [may Allaah have
Mercy on him] explained:
Cursing time (or the weather) is of three types:
1) The person wishes to describe and
characterise time (or the weather) and this is permissible…because “Actions are
by intentions”.
This is similar to the Words of Allaah about Loot [Peace
be upon him]:
هَذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌ
“"This is a distressful day."” [Hood 11:77]
2)
Cursing time (and the weather) with
the belief that it is time (or the weather) by itself causes good or bad to
occur (not Allaah). This is major Shirk which expels the person with such
beliefs outside the fold of al-Islaam because this person with such beliefs,
believes that there is something other than Allaah (or equal to Him)
controlling the universe. This belief has the exact same ruling as someone who
believes that it is permitted to worship others besides Allaah.
3) One curses time (or the weather) not
with the belief that it itself brings about good or bad but maintains the
belief that Allaah is the One Who Controls it and Sent it. Despite this, he
curses and reviles it because of the harm and disliked he finds within it. This
is category is Haraam. Although one doesn't reach the level of committing Shirk
in this case, the one who says such things is guilty of being rude, misguided
and not possessing any intellect. This is because the person is actually
cursing and reviling Allaah, the Glorified, because it is Allaah Who is the One
Who Controls time (and sends the weather). He Controls the universe as He
Pleases, the good and the bad that occurs happens by His Leave. It is not time
(or the weather) which possess the ability
to cause harm or bring about good by themselves. Despite all of this, the
person is still a Muslim (albeit a deficient one) as they have not cursed or
reviled Allaah, the Most High, directly.
[Majmoo’ Fataawaa wa Rasaa’il (10/823)]
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