The hadith: "Nothing can avert the decree except du'a'" is unclear to me?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: The hadithJami` at-Tirmidhi 2139Da'if (Darussalam) is unclear to me.
Answer:
My brother, du'a' is part of the decree; there is no contradiction between them. If Allah decrees that you make du'a', you call upon Allah the Exalted, and du'a' is part of the divine decree and destiny; there is no contradiction between them. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: The hadith
Nothing turns back the Decree except supplication
لا يرد القضاء إلا الدعاءAnswer:
My brother, du'a' is part of the decree; there is no contradiction between them. If Allah decrees that you make du'a', you call upon Allah the Exalted, and du'a' is part of the divine decree and destiny; there is no contradiction between them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [38 /84] أشكل علي حديث: " لا يرد القضاء إلا الدعاء "؟ | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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