Does supplication avert divine decree?

The questioner : The questioner asks: Does supplication avert divine decree? And is there evidence from the Book clarifying this, as mentioned in the questioner's words?

The Shaykh : Yes, yes. Divine decree is among the causes by which the supplicated matter is realized. In reality, it averts the decree but does not change it; that is, it has two aspects. For example, a sick person may supplicate to Allah the Exalted for healing and be healed. Here, had it not been for this supplication, he would have remained sick, but through the supplication, he was healed; through the supplication, he was healed. However, we say that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has decreed that this illness would be healed from the patient through the supplication. This is what is written; this is what is written. Thus, the supplication appears to avert the decree or the divine decree, because the person thinks that had it not been for the supplication, the illness would have remained. But in truth, the supplication does not avert the decree, because the original state is that the supplication is written and that the healing will occur through this supplication. This is the original divine decree that was written in eternity. Likewise, everything is associated with a cause, and Allah the Exalted has made this cause the means by which the thing is realized, and He has written that in eternity before it happens.

Another questioner : If Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Oh, my.

Another questioner : Yes. There are people who need it.

The Shaykh : This is the walkway for the brother.