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Laylat ul qadr and taqdeer

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Q: What’s the link between laylat ul qadr and our taqdeer? i.e.: on the one hand, the pen’s ink is already dried, and on the other hand, laylat ul qadr means the night of destiny. So would that mean that each year when laylat ul qadr happens, Allah can change our taqdeer?

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A: Taqdeer is already recorded in the Louh-e-Mahfooz. Thereafter, on Laylat-ul-Qadar the details contained in the Louh-e-Mahfooz are assigned to the malaaikah.

فقال فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ يقدر اللّه تعالى فيها امر السنة فى عباده وبلاده إلى السنة المستقبلة قيل للحسين بن الفضل أليس قد قدر اللّه تعالى المقادير قبل ان يخلق السموات والأرض قال نعم قيل فما معنى ليلة القدر قال سوق المقادير إلى المواقيت وتنفيذ القضاء المقدر يعنى اطلاع الملائكة الموكلة على الأمور فى تلك الليلة على ما قدر اللّه تعالى امر السنة فى عباده وبلاده إلى السنة المقبلة (التفسير المظهري 10/ 311)

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.