A Cultural or Religious Practice?

We always hear Muslims saying this phrase, “God willing.”

Does this translate into everything that they do or do not do and just leave it to God?
One area that bothers me is to see young Malays of either sex being left to do their own thing without adult supervision. You would have read of recent cases where a 2-year old fell into a septic pond or the young children that drowned.

Today I witnessed a near tragedy on the MRT in Singapore. There was this Malay boy, about 2 years old, who almost exited the train when it stopped. Luckily a passenger next to the closing doors caught hold of him.

His mother was sitting about two doors down the train and it appeared as if she was not aware of the goings-on. Later I noticed that she was travelling with three small children, the 2-year old, an elder sister of 4 or 5 years and a baby in the pram. They were all nicely dressed and appeared to be going to visit for Hari Raya.

I was standing between carriages and the boy wanted to pass me into the next carriage. So I put out my hand and gently stopped him. He then sat on the floor near me and then decided to head back to his mother.

Again at the next stop he almost ran out the door and another passenger had to stop him! It was a good thing that the passengers on the train between Jurong East to Dover were caring or that little boy could have been lost somewhere or even worse, he could have ended up on the rail tracks.

Can God be really responsible for our careless or foolish acts?