Is caution and prudence prescribed in avoiding harm?

The questioner : Some people divide the term of life into two categories, and this is an absolute term.

The Shaykh : Yes, conditional and absolute, yes.

The questioner : Yes, O questioner, you are now in a delicate situation; if you throw yourself off the wall, you will die.

The Shaykh : There is no doubt about this; if you threw yourself into the fire, you would die, but will you throw yourself into the fire?
This is written with Allah, and we are forbidden from throwing ourselves into destruction. It is not permissible to sit under a leaning wall. For this reason, it is narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a leaning wall and hurried away in fear of what? Of it falling on him. So we are commanded to take the means, but what is written with Allah does not change.
So this man who passed by a leaning wall and it fell on him, if someone were to say, "If he had taken the other path, he would have been saved," he would say, "It is not possible; he had to pass through this path and fall on the wall; this is what is written with Allah." If a person is running in front of bullets, he says, "You must be snatched away so you can sit down." Sit, sit, there is no doubt, but if Allah willed that you be killed by these bullets, you would stand up and they would hit you, or they would hit you while you are in turmoil.