Al
Hafiz An Nawawi رحمه الله said:
“Supplication
is a cause for repelling misfortune and the presence of mercy, just as how the
shield is a cause for repelling the weapon and water is a cause for the
emergence of plants from the ground. Therefore, just as how the shield repels the arrow such that they both struggle, such is the
case for supplication and misfortune.
Not taking a shield isn’t from the conditions of acknowledging predestination.
Allaah, the Most High, said, “They
should take precaution and carry weapons.” Allaah predestined the affair (of
being victorious) and its cause.”
Al
Adhkār Pg. 342, Translated by Abūl Abass AbdulKabir Ibn Ibrahim At Tawusiy
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