Is believing certain claims about infidels controlling the weather using gases, which the claimant linked to Hadiths about the Dajjal and signs of the Hour, considered polytheism (shirk) with Allah, even while believing that all of it is by Allah's will? And is feeding cats based on the wife's insistence considered polytheism, given that it is a good deed done for other than Allah?
Neither artificial rainmaking nor being kind to cats constitutes disbelief (kufr) or polytheism (shirk). There have been previous fatwas regarding artificial rainmaking. As for being kind to cats, its reward is linked to intention and seeking recompense from Allah. In any case, it is an act of kindness that pleases the wife.
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