What is the ruling on describing floods and storms as natural disasters?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on saying that the floods or storms that befall people are natural disasters?
Answer:
These "natural disasters" that they speak of—those who say this do not attribute matters to Allah; they attribute them to nature. These are naturalists who do not believe in Allah, or they are ignorant people who do not know that nothing happens in this universe except by the command, decree, creation, and management of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So entrust matters to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on saying that the floods or storms that befall people are natural disasters?
Answer:
These "natural disasters" that they speak of—those who say this do not attribute matters to Allah; they attribute them to nature. These are naturalists who do not believe in Allah, or they are ignorant people who do not know that nothing happens in this universe except by the command, decree, creation, and management of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So entrust matters to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماحكم وصف السيول والعواصف بأنها كوارث طبيعية؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان - سلسلة الفتن والنوازل (4) — youtube.com (0:11)
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