The Ruling on Abandoning the Means and Relying on Them
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, we hear a hadith whose authenticity we do not know, which states that abandoning the means is disobedience, and relying on them is shirk (associating partners with Allah). What is your opinion?
Answer:
Yes, abandoning the means is a defect in the Shari'ah, meaning it diminishes the Shari'ah, because the Shari'ah commanded taking the means. Allah the Exalted said, "And take your precautions," and this is a means.
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Anfal 8:60] This is a means from strength. He said: [Al-Mulk 67:15] This is a means. Seeking from the Lord is a means. So the means are prescribed and commanded. The one who abandons the means is being overly strict with the Shari'ah, because it commanded taking the means. And the one who relies on the means is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), meaning that reliance is only upon Allah, and tawakkul (reliance upon Allah) is only upon Allah, and the outcome is from Allah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, we hear a hadith whose authenticity we do not know, which states that abandoning the means is disobedience, and relying on them is shirk (associating partners with Allah). What is your opinion?
Answer:
Yes, abandoning the means is a defect in the Shari'ah, meaning it diminishes the Shari'ah, because the Shari'ah commanded taking the means. Allah the Exalted said, "And take your precautions," and this is a means.
Allah the Exalted said:
And prepare against them whatever you are able
وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُم مَّا اسْتَطَعْتُمIt is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His
هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَامْشُوا فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا مِن رِّزْقِهِ
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