How can one explain and clarify the Hadith: "Do you see what people are doing and striving for—is it something decreed for them and that has passed upon them from a preordained destiny, or is it something they anticipate from what their Prophet has brought to them?" and elucidate its non-contradiction with human free will?
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Predestination (Al-) occurs in four stages: knowledge, writing, will, and creation. There is no contradiction between predestination and human earning (kasb) and choice. For more details, refer to previous fatwas with specific numbers and to Mulla Ali al-Qari's explanation of the in Mirqat al-Mafatih.
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