Relying on Divine Decree and Abandoning the Means

Question:
He asked: Is it correct to say that the administration is not subject to the divine will regarding the actions of the besieged, except by permission?

Answer:
This is a continuation of the answer to the previous question: Does one say, "I rely on divine decree and sit idle, and since Allah has decreed things for me, I have no choice?" We say: If you sit and do not go out to eat and drink, and say, "This is one of you who sits and does not get married, and I say, 'My children will come to me,' and you have not married, will you get a house, crops, and fruit, when you have not planted or sown? Is this a sane person? No, people go out in the morning seeking sustenance, and they do not sit and say, 'A person has been decreed something that will come,' and they abandon the means. If someone said this, people would consider him a fool. Life is like animals and birds; they go out in the morning seeking sustenance because they know that nothing happens for them except through cause, effort, and exertion. So birds are better than you, or rather, it is a fitrah (innate natural disposition) that Allah created in His creation. So the result is that this is a fallacy for the one who says, "I rely on divine decree and do not add anything." Yes.