I don't know if this makes sense but: What if I desperately pray and say "*O Allah!*, please make sure that my laptop wasn't hacked at that time (in the past)". As Allah knows everything about our future including our *duas*, therefore, at that time in the past for which I am praying now, He knew that I will make a *dua*, right? Allah is capable of anything and everything. So, can I make *dua* for the past?

For example, if a parent has a disabled child, they shouldn't try to give medical treatment to their child to make them "normal." Allah says in the Quran that He will test you with hunger and loss of property and lives ([2:155](https://quran.com/2/155?translations=20)) . Taking this verse into consideration, no one should make an effort to overcome obstacles and hurdles that have been sent by Allah. Striving for change means you are "challenging" the will of God indirectly. So why is it not considered disbelief? The only thing you should do is practice sabr (patience) and accept it as it is.

in the following Hadith Moses(PBUH) blame Adam(PBUH) for eating from the tree but Adam(PBUH) responds that it wasn't his fault and Allah(SWT) pre-ordained it for him and he is not to be blamed, and then the prophet(PBUH) said: "This is how Adam came the better of Moses and Adam came the better of Moses." so this mean that Adam(PBUH) was right and he had no free will at all! > Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying: There was argument between Adam and Moses. Moses said to Adam: You are our father. You did us harm and caused us to get out of Paradise. Adam said to him: You are Moses. Allah selected you (for direct conversation with you) and wrote with His own Hand the Book (Torah) for you. Despite this you blame me for an act which Allah had ordained for me forty years before He created me. Allah's Apostle ﷺ said:. This is how Adam came the better of Moses and Adam came the better of Moses. (Sahih Muslim 2652a )

I grew up completely non practising, borderline agnostic. However as of late I have came to Islam with full certainty. Looking back, it has been beautiful. I’m aware that my question is rather black and white, but hear me out. I literally can’t love anyone fully. I have extremely shallow emotions, I am cold and uncaring of other people in general, and have a ridiculous hunger for power. Religion detracts me from these things but it is still innate within myself. I am aware this life is a test but why is it in my nature to be everything Islam goes against? I don’t understand. Will I get punished in the hearafter for traits I was born with?

I feel like everyone hates me including Allah. I don’t know why I was born but I feel useless. Every time I try to be more religious I feel worse than I already usually do and bad things happen to me, and everyone around me doesn’t like when I try to be. When I do bad things I feel better. Am I just destined to be this way and go to Hell?

How can one understand the relationship between freewill and destiny? We accept Allah (swt) has both written our destiny and has simultaneously given us freewill. Given our premise is correct, it is obvious the latter will consequently be devoid of any kind of value (destiny > freewill) I suspect my personal failure to solve this problem is my definition/perception of destiny itself. To further clarify my queries, I will more or so present scenario.... If an individual was not able to, say get an education, after repeated number of attempts to do so- who would he/she take responsible for their inability to receive an education? Will it be destiny (Qadr) or will be their incapability in the sphere of freewill? As Allah (swt) states that he bestows education to those who seek it, and bestows wealth to whom he wishes. Regards, DK

Assalamualaikum, this is a question I was so longing to ask.Should we ask Allah something/for something even after knowing that it is not possible to happen in a worldly way and I know that there is almost or is zero possibility for my wish to be granted by Allah? I mean, is hoping for something impossible to happen invalidated?

Is it true that dua and keeping one's kin close could extend one's lifespan? Inversely, could severing one's relationships be a cause for someone's early demise? Ajal'ul qada' and ajal'ul qadar? For example, if a person commits suicide, does the person die earlier than the predestined time of death?

I have done a lot of research on this site regarding the topic of free will and determinism in Islam and I am yet to receive any form of answer that satisfy my query. Essentially, the very coexistence of determinism and free will has been in talks of both philosophy and religion. And I'd like to know a little about what the Islamic position of it is. To help ease the answer to the question, take this example. Say a man starts having immense sexual urges and makes a choice between going to the mosque to deal with the urge or go the brothels. Now, unfortunately, the man takes the path to the brothels. From this, we know that the man is going to and is about to commit a sin and by fate and by what Allah has written in the book of destiny thousands of years before the big bang, he will DEFINITELY commit ZINA. Say the man never repents for his action. Now, this situation right here, the man will be accountable for his action in the day of judgment and Allah will punish him. Given he had the ability to make a conscious choice between mosque vs brothel, instead choose Zina and even after committing the sin, he didn't repent. But there's this other thing, Allah has fated this to happen to him. Allah has pre-destined, the man's path and whether he'd repent or not. In that case, do free will really exist or is it like we are bound to Allah regardless and that we are just following a code that Allah has set millions of millions of years ago as what we call destiny. And to us, the code itself appears free will? I always thought, in Islam, the idea of free will and determinism both exist at the same time. And the understanding of how they relate is beyond human understanding, but the question still bugs me to this day. If anyone can shed some perspective, I'll be immensely grateful

Does Islam acknowledge bad luck? I have been faced with a string of bad happenings most of my life. And it goes against all laws of probability to be just written off like that. I have been trying to start a business for years, but in spite of all good ideas and great implementation, all my efforts come to naught. I ran a website for years, did everything possible to make it better and also drive traffic to it (adding valuable content, reading expert blogs, and so on), but in the end I had to close it after years of efforts because I received only a trickle of traffic. I tried many other ventures, each of them has also failed because I did not have access to funds. Recently, I had to actually refuse a lucrative opportunity that came my way, just because I did not have the money to put into the business. The customer was eager because he was sold on my product, but I could not go ahead with the deal because I had no funds. I approached several financiers, but nothing worked out, and I had to finally refuse and let my competitor eagerly grab that opportunity. These are big things, but there are smaller things too that indicate lack of good fortune or bad qadr. Each time I wear a new shirt, invariably something like food or a bird dropping falls on it and stains it. This happens almost without fail. Each time I exit my home (which is on a higher floor), I miss the elevator. This happens nine times out of ten. When I am on a lower floor, I see the elevator on its way to a higher floor, and vice versa, so that I always have to cool my heels the maximum amount of time. I tried to rationalize this that I take the elevator when everyone's leaving home, therefore it's always going in the wrong direction (for me); but then this happens at all times of the day, and regardless of whether I am going up or down. I go to the bus stop, and I see a bus leaving in front of me, and then I have to wait a long time for the next bus to arrive. This too happens the majority of times. There are countless other such small things which I can cite here. And there are experiences that go back to my childhood, in which availability of certain conveniences was taken away from my family when I grew up and became ready for them, even though my elder brother could avail of it fully. These may look like small things, but they are indicative of a much bigger problem: lack of good fortune, or bad qadr. I would like to know, is there any kind dhikr or dua, or just about any kind of religious act that is both halal and legal that I can undertake to put this streak of bad luck behind me, and have Allah change my luck?

I wasted my youth. I am 35 years old. I had a toxic relationship with my parents, especially my mother. My career never started and am still looking for a fresh start and finding it humiliating at my age. What does the Quran says about wasting your youth? Is redemption possible? Thanks.

As Muslims we believe in destiny and that our fate has already been determined and our destiny has been written by God as he is all knowing. So in essence, God knew what was going to happen with his creation before he created, he knew the good and the evil that was going to occur. **With that being said, why did God decide to create us?** We cannot say it's a test because he already knew what will happen. > “No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves but it is inscribed in the Book of Decrees (Al‑Lawh Al‑Mahfooz) before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allaah - [al-Hadeed 57:22]

I have been listening and reading related to this. But never got a clear understanding about this. Is the person I'm going to marry already chosen by Allah? Is it that no matter what happens I'm destined for that one person? I have been hearing people saying if its written it will happen dont stress too much. Please answer my question.

Well, as far as I am concerned we have a fixed destiny. But I also know that it can be changed by dua. But if one doesn't make any dua then? I suppose it will remain unchanged. If so then where id our free will. Then will do what we were ment to do. But then there will be no free will. So, please can anyone help me by telling how these two lines up?

Many of times, you can hear that plenty of people use the word 'Chance' in their talking, even in their believing. For example if a person won an award in a bank or lottery, afterwards other people will tell him/her that: > Oh, you are lucky (or actually your chance is good). **I would like to know if there is any thing called "Chance" in Islam, if so, what is its difference with destiny which is called Qadr based on Islamic Fiqh?** Or in truth, the correct meaning of "Chance" is "Destiny”? If so, is there any narration about it? **Note:** The following link is related to my question, but it just answer a part of my question. And actually it doesn't answer my question especially based on destiny (Qadr) aspect. - https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/8383/what-is-the-view-of-islam-about-luck

I have grown up watching bad marriages and financial crisises. I can't remember the last time i was happy. So in order to achieve salvation, I turned my face towards religion. I am not going to deny that i only did it so that Allah would listen to me. And....i prayed and prayed and did almost everything a good muslim is supposed to....wholeheartedly...hoping that Allah will help me and something good will happen to me. But it didn't. I have watched my parents being 'good muslims' throughout their lives and nothing good ever happens to them. My mother works really hard to provide for our family and she is a nice person but she ended up in a bad marriage with all kinds of miseries as gift and it has been the same for decades whereas I see other women just sitting at home, doing nothing other than being spendthrift, stubborn, quarrelsome and gossip-y and they get all the things in life even if they don't pray? Isn't it just unfair? So...after years of enduring everything and praying and getting nothing but disappointment, i turned away from Islam thinking that Allah doesn't listen. And i feel lost right now. I don't want to go back to the faith as i don't have it in me anymore to go through any mofe disappointments. So, brothers and sisters out there, tell me, what should I do now? (PS...i am familiar with the Hadith about our duas getting recieved in any of the three ways. It just seems like Allah is hell bent on the fact that mine always go the last two ways. It never goes the first way.)