Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, drought is not that rain does not fall, rather drought is that the sky sends down rain but the earth does not produce anything.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / كتاب خلق العالم / 10256
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم: 2904 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 8511 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 8492»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Its cause will be the abundance of disobedience and not caring about them.
The absence of rain is also drought, as is established from other texts, but this is a dangerous form of drought: that rain is falling, yet the earth is not producing anything.