Time, they have in fact reviled Allah, for it is Allah who truly brings such events to pass.
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Hasan said, “Ibn Ḥazm—and those literalists who followed his lead—erred when they counted ‘Time’ among the Most Beautiful Names of Allah on the basis of this ḥadith. The ḥadith itself clarifies the intended meaning when Allah says, ‘I alternate the night and the day,’ for this alternation is His disposal of time in ways people welcome and ways they dislike.
“It therefore befits a Muslim to avoid such expressions. Even if he believes that Allah alone governs affairs, steering clear of those words keeps him from resembling the unbelievers—even if only in phrasing—and thus safeguards his creed and shows proper etiquette toward Allah, exalted is He.
“Cursing the wind is in the same category as cursing Time. A prohibition of this appears in the ḥadith narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who declared it sound, from Ubayy ibn Kaʿb, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Do not curse the wind. If you see something you dislike, then say: O Allah, we ask You for the good of this wind, the good within it, and the good You have commanded it with; and we seek refuge in You from the evil of this wind, the evil within it, and the evil You have commanded it with.’
“The wind blows only by Allah’s command and decree; He is the One who brings it into existence and directs it. Consequently, vilifying the wind is tantamount to vilifying its Agent—Allah, glorified be He—just as we have explained with respect to cursing Time, for both ultimately amount to abusing the Creator who governs these created things.
“The Prophet ﷺ therefore guided the believers: when they witness something they dislike that comes with the wind, they should turn to its Creator and Commander, asking Him for the wind’s good and the good it contains, and seeking refuge in Him from its evil and the evil it contains. No blessing is ever obtained except through obedience to Allah and gratitude to Him, and no calamity is averted except by fleeing to Allah and seeking His protection.
“As for reviling these created entities, it entails several harms. First, it maligns something unworthy of abuse, for they are subjugated, governed creatures. Second, cursing such things entails