Does supplication affect what has been written for a person?
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, does supplication have an effect in changing what has been written for a person before his creation?
Answer:
We have been commanded to make supplication, and we have no concern with what has been written for a person and decreed for him. It is a matter of taking the means. One does not say, "It is decreed for me, so there is no need to take the means." Rather, he takes the means and performs righteous deeds, among which is supplication. Supplication is a righteous deed, and Allah benefits people through it. This is the affair of the servant. As for the affair of divine decree, it belongs to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, does supplication have an effect in changing what has been written for a person before his creation?
Answer:
We have been commanded to make supplication, and we have no concern with what has been written for a person and decreed for him. It is a matter of taking the means. One does not say, "It is decreed for me, so there is no need to take the means." Rather, he takes the means and performs righteous deeds, among which is supplication. Supplication is a righteous deed, and Allah benefits people through it. This is the affair of the servant. As for the affair of divine decree, it belongs to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6720- هل الدعاء يؤثر فيما كتب على الإنسان؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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