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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The reason for the naming of the Night of Decree and the determination within it

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The questioner:
Why is it called the Night of Decree?

The Shaykh:
It is like a cave in which every matter is distinguished, for Allah determines in it all the events of the year from the prior divine decree, in detail from the prior divine decree,

The questioner:
and death.

The Shaykh:
The Night of Decree. Yes.

The questioner:
And death as well.

The Shaykh:
Everything, every measure in it: this one dies, and this one causes such and such, and this one is afflicted with such and such, and this one travels, and this one is in a collision, and this one’s car overturns,

The questioner:
How does he reconcile this with the hadith?

The Shaykh:
And all of this is from the prior divine decree.

The questioner:
How does he reconcile this with the hadith where the child is blown into when he reaches one hundred and twenty days of age?

The Shaykh:
This and that, until the determination of lifespan is from the prior divine decree, and the annual determination is from the prior divine decree, and the daily determination is from the prior divine decree, all of it is a detailing from the prior divine decree,
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، كتاب الاعتكاف — islamhouse.com (20:09)

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