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Does Al-Khidr's killing of the boy mean that Al-Khidr changed his destiny, or was the boy "created a disbeliever" as stated in the Hadith: "The boy whom Al-Khidr killed was created a disbeliever, and had he lived, he would have oppressed his parents with tyranny and disbelief"?

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Predestination () is Allah's foreknowledge, His inscription of it, and His creation according to His will and desire. No one can change it. Al-Khidr did not act on his own in killing the boy; rather, it was by Allah's command. This indicates that Allah's decree for the believer is always good, even if its apparent aspect is disliked, as Allah Almighty says: "And perhaps you dislike a thing and it is good for you." As for changing predestination, it is confined to what is in the Angels' scrolls, not in Allah's knowledge or the Preserved Tablet (Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz). Supplication (Du'a) and maintaining kinship ties (Silat Ar-Rahim) can alter what is written in the Angels' scrolls, such as increasing lifespan or preventing illness, but Allah has known all of this eternally.

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