The Authenticity of the Hadith: "Nothing Averts the Decree Except Supplication"
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Question:
He asks: What is the authenticity of the hadith, "Nothing averts the decree except supplication," or that supplication and the decree meet in the air?
Answer:
The hadith is authentic, authentic. Its meaning is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, may attach the decree to supplication. So if a person supplicates, Allah prevents that thing from happening; and if he leaves off supplication, it occurs. Allah knows what will occur. He, the Exalted, knows that this person will supplicate, so Allah averts a specific trial from him. And if he does not supplicate, what Allah has attached to him occurs. He is the Knower of all things, Blessed and Exalted is He. Yes.
He asks: What is the authenticity of the hadith, "Nothing averts the decree except supplication," or that supplication and the decree meet in the air?
Answer:
The hadith is authentic, authentic. Its meaning is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, may attach the decree to supplication. So if a person supplicates, Allah prevents that thing from happening; and if he leaves off supplication, it occurs. Allah knows what will occur. He, the Exalted, knows that this person will supplicate, so Allah averts a specific trial from him. And if he does not supplicate, what Allah has attached to him occurs. He is the Knower of all things, Blessed and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
وجوب التفقه في الدين — islamhouse.com (1:21:25)
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