What Is The Relation Between Dua And Qadar, What Does It Mean That Dua Changes The Time Of Death And Keeps Troubles Away?

What is the relation between dua and qadar, what does it mean that dua changes the time of death and keeps troubles away?

Seeing dua as a cause that results in an effect brings to mind its relation with destiny. Natural events occur according to divine laws called as the sunnah of Allah. In other words, all events that occur in nature have a cause definitely. Actions of humans take place in a cause-effect relation in the same way. Allah is the Creator of the cause and the effect that arises from this cause (An’am, 6/17; Yunus, 10/107).

Dua is a part of predestination. Although it is pointed out in hadiths that dua will ward off calamities (Tirmidhi, Qadar, 6; Tabarani, ad-Du‘a, p. 31-32; Bayhaqi, Shu‘ab al-Iman, V, 184), the things that are predestined in pre-eternity by depending on dua will occur due to dua again. As Allah knows the dua to be made by His servant with His eternal wisdom, He shapes his destiny accordingly. Therefore, dua is a cause like other causes. In other words, if Allah wishes to create a change as a consequence of dua, this change takes place as good or evil thing within the natural cause-effect relation. Dua is the requirement of being a servant. Otherwise, dua is not a deed that is committed to avoid a thing which is predestined by Allah to occur or to make sure that a thing which is not predestined by Allah to occur. Moreover, the purpose of dua cannot be reminding Allah of something He does not know. Dua is a way of servant’s showing his servitude and submitting his weakness and need to Allah.

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA