Question:
Does du’a (supplication) change ‘the Divine Decree’ (al-qadr)?
Answer:
It does not change the Decree, but rather it repels the Decree—it repels the Decree if Allah the Glorified and Exalted wills. This is because part of the Decree is tied to a cause; if the cause is present, what has been decreed occurs, and if the cause is not present, what has been decreed does not occur.