How can the Hadith, "Indeed, a man is deprived of provision by a sin he commits," be reconciled with Hadiths stating that obedience does not increase provision nor does disobedience decrease it?
The Hadith: "Indeed, a man is deprived of provision (rizq) because of a sin he commits, and nothing repels destiny (qadar) except supplication (du'a), and nothing increases lifespan except righteousness (birr)" is weak. However, the objection to the Hadith that provision is neither increased nor decreased is unwarranted. For Allah records in the Preserved Tablet (Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz) a thing and its cause. He knows that the servant will be provided for due to trade, and He records that. Similarly, He knows that he will disobey and thus be deprived of his provision, and this will be his decreed provision. Just as Allah informed us that He tests us with a decrease in wealth and that whatever calamity befalls us is because of what our hands have earned. Thus, sins and acts of disobedience can be a cause for a decrease in provision, and this is what the righteous predecessors (Salaf As-Salih) believed. For causes and effects are all predetermined by Allah.
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