Does natural fear of the jinn contradict reliance upon Allah?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does natural fear of the jinn contradict reliance upon Allah?

Answer:
Natural fear does not contradict reliance upon Allah. One takes the protective measures, one takes the protective measures against it. But the fear that causes a person to submit and humble himself, that is the fear of a slave, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and may Allah protect us from it. That which causes a person to fear, surrender, and leave something of the religion because of fear, that is from shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted. As for the fear that does not reach that level, and is merely cowardice or something similar, then there is the recitation and the remembrance of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) that drives this thing away, and that it is present. Yes.