Taking the Means and the Ruling on Expecting Rain to Fall

The questioner:
Or he holds back something, saying, "Peace be upon it," and nothing was lost for him, or how can I bear to carry the Imam? For this ruling that the other one frequently mentions is prescribed in Islam and does not harm him except for something.

The Shaykh:
Yes, there is no result without causes. So if you sit and neglect the causes, you will not succeed; nothing happens without causes. This is part of the wisdom of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), so that the servants work and are occupied, so they do not become idle, and so they do not expect anything without effort. Entering Paradise does not happen without causes, namely righteous deeds. If a person did not work and said, "If Allah wills, I am a person of Paradise," or "I am in Paradise," in all of this you are mistaken. We are not written in Paradise except by doing the causes, which are righteous deeds and sincerity to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We are not written in Paradise without [the causes]. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: meaning by what you used to do. Yes. Or until he said to the wrongdoer, "You insulted [me] with what you said." This is not a prediction; it is not a prediction. It is not a prediction that asserts with certainty that rain will fall tomorrow. This is considered disbelief because he claims to know the unseen. But if he says, "I expect that rain will occur because the signs indicate this," this is from the category of expectation. It may happen, or it may not. This is from the category of expectation. But leaving off the assertion is better. That is, when something happens among people that causes confusion or doubt, it is better and safer for the beliefs of people to leave these matters alone. But it is from the category of expectation. I do not think they assert it; they do not assert it. The weather forecasters say, "By the permission of Allah, it is expected that such and such will happen, or such and such may happen." They do not think that the rain will fall or that rain will occur; they do not think that, and a Muslim does not say that. Yes.