The Relationship Between Cosmic Disasters and the Actions of People
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Question:
Is there a relationship between the occurrence of cosmic disasters, such as earthquakes, solar eclipses, and lunar eclipses, and the actions of people? And if there is a relationship, what is the ruling on one who denies that?
Answer:
Yes. The causes of these are punishments, and their causes are the actions of people, as Allah the Exalted said:[Fatir 35:45] And in the other verse He says: [Ash-Shuraa 42:30] And He, Mighty and Majestic, says: [Ar-Rum 30:41] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us in this hadith that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is jealous for His inviolable rights, and no one is more jealous than He if His male servant commits zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) and His female servant commits zina. Perhaps this eclipse is a punishment that occurs. So, misfortunes are by the decree of Allah without doubt, but their causes are the actions of people. As for their occurrence, it is by the decree and destiny of Allah. Yes.
Is there a relationship between the occurrence of cosmic disasters, such as earthquakes, solar eclipses, and lunar eclipses, and the actions of people? And if there is a relationship, what is the ruling on one who denies that?
Answer:
Yes. The causes of these are punishments, and their causes are the actions of people, as Allah the Exalted said:
And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon the earth any creature. But He defers them for a specified term
وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَابَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّىAnd whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.
وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍCorruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما دليل أن الحوادث الكونية هي من أفعال العباد؟ وما حكم من ينكرها؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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