[Machine] It does not rain and no one gives except for Allah. As for those who say, "We cause it to rain by our will, just as some of the polytheists claim to add rain to what has already rained, and say that they themselves made it rain," then this is considered disbelief, as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said. Because time is created and does not possess and cannot control anything by itself or for others, it does not rain or create anything. However, if someone says, "We cause it to rain by our will, in the time when rain is meant to fall," then this is not considered disbelief. I prefer that one says, "We cause it to rain in the time when rain is meant to fall," as it has been reported that some companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say on a rainy morning, "We cause it to rain by the will of Fath (victory)," then they recite the verse, "Whatever Allah grants to people of mercy - none can withhold it" [Surah Fatir 2]. Ash-Shafi'i and some also narrated from Umar that he said on a Friday while on the pulpit, "How much is left of the time of ath-Thuraiya?" Al-Abbas replied, "Nothing is left except al-Awaa," so Umar supplicated and called upon the people until he descended from the pulpit and it rained heavily, reviving the people. This statement of Umar clarifies what I have described, because he only wanted to know how much time is left of the ath-Thuraiya in order to understand that Allah has decreed rain in specific times, as they experienced, just as they knew that Allah has decreed heat and cold in specific times.  

أَنَّهُ لَا يُمْطِرُ وَلَا يُعْطِي إِلَّا اللهُ ﷻ وَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا عَلَى مَا كَانَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ يَعْنُونَ مِنْ إِضَافَةِ الْمَطَرِ إِلَى أَنَّهُ أَمْطَرَهُ نَوْءُ كَذَا فَذَلِكَ كُفْرٌ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّ النَّوْءَ وَقْتٌ وَالْوَقْتُ مَخْلُوقٌ لَا يَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَلَا لِغَيْرِهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُمْطِرُ وَلَا يَصْنَعُ شَيْئًا؛ فَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا عَلَى مَعْنَى مُطِرْنَا فِي وَقْتِ نَوْءِ كَذَا فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ كَقَوْلِهِ مُطِرْنَا فِي شَهْرِ كَذَا فَلَا يَكُونُ هَذَا كُفْرٌ وَغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الْكَلَامِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَقُولَ مُطِرْنَا فِي وَقْتِ كَذَا قَالَ وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ وَقَدْ مُطِرَ النَّاسُ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ الْفَتْحِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ {مَا يفْتَحُ اللهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا} [فاطر 2] 6453 قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ كَمْ بَقِيَ مِنْ نَوْءِ الثُّرَيَّا؟ فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا الْعَوَاءُ فَدَعَا وَدَعَا النَّاسُ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَنِ الْمِنْبَرِ فَمُطِرَ مَطَرًا أُحْيِيَ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَقَوْلُ عُمَرَ ؓ هَذَا يُبَيِّنُ مَا وَصَفْتُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ كَمْ بَقِيَ مِنْ وَقْتِ الثُّرَيَّا لِمَعْرِفَتِهِمْ بِأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَدَّرَ الْأَمْطَارَ فِي أَوْقَاتٍ فِيمَا قَدْ جَرَّبُوا كَمَا عَلِمُوا أَنَّهُ قَدَّرَ الْحَرَّ وَالْبَرْدَ فِيمَا جَرَّبُوا فِي أَوْقَاتٍ