💯 Miscellaneous Benefits from Yemen

BENEFIT 23: Sheikh Muqbil rahimahullah wrote: أما الذي يسند الأمور إلى الطبيعة ويقول: حوادث طبيعية، فإذا أراد أن الطبيعة هي المتصرفة فهو كافر. ففي «الصحيحين» عن زيد بن خالد الجهني أنه قال: صلى لنا رسول اللہ ﷺ صلاة الصبح بالحديبية على إثر سماء كانت من الليلة، فلما انصرف النبي ﷺ أقبل على الناس فقال: «هل تدرون ماذا قال ربكم»؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم؟ قال: «أصبح من عبادي مؤمن بي وكافر، فأما من قال: مطرنا بفضل الله ورحمته فذلك مؤمن بي كافر بالكوكب، وأما من قال: بنوء كذا وكذا فذلك كافر بي مؤمن بالكوكب». As for the one who ascribes these matters (i.e. Earthquakes and the likes) to nature and says (they are) natural disasters; if he intends by this that nature itself is the cause, then he is a disbeliever. It is reported in the two authentic hadeeth compilations (Bukhāri & Muslim) from the hadeeth of Zaid ibn khalid Al-Juhani who said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led the morning prayer in Al-Hudaibiya after it had rained the previous night. When the Prophet (ﷺ) had finished the prayer he faced the people and said, "Do you know what your Lord has said?" They replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." (The Prophet (ﷺ) said), "Allah said, 'This morning some of My worshipers remained as true believers and some became non-believers; he who said that it had rained due to the blessing and mercy of Allah is believes in Me and does not believe in the star, but he who said it had rained because of such-and-such star is a disbeliever in Me and a believer in the star.” [Ēḍhaḥ Al-Maqāl Fee Asbāb Az-Zilzāl P. 132]