The Meaning of the Decree of Forty Years in the Hadith of Adam and Musa

Question:
The decree of forty years (in the hadith )?

Answer:
This is a specific decree, distinct from the general decree.
Q: Is it a specific decree for Adam only?
A: Yes, it means a type of clarification, such as the lifetime decree—the lifetime decree in the womb of his mother—this is a specific decree, distinct from the general decree: like the detail from the general decree, and likewise the annual decree on the Night of Decree is a detail from the preceding decree.
The types of divine decree are categorized as: the preceding decree, the lifetime decree, and the decree that Allah wrote for Adam... forty years before his creation, which is a detail from the preceding decree; the annual decree that occurs on the Night of Decree; and the daily decree. All of these are types of the preceding decree, and details of the preceding decree, and they all return to the preceding decree.
Q: May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh, here if the one who commits a sin argues with this hadith and says that this is written for me..?
A: He has no argument in that if it is not of his own doing. As for being blamed for zina, being blamed for severing family ties, being blamed for undutifulness to parents, being blamed until he repents, if he repents, it is obligatory to refrain from him.