📖Sahih Muslim 109a
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever kills himself with a steel weapon will be in Hellfire, stabbing himself with it forever. Whoever drinks poison and kills himself will sip it in the Hellfire forever. And whoever throws himself from a mountain and kills himself will be falling in the Fire of Hell forever.”

Description:

This hadith is a strong and terrifying warning against suicide — whether it’s by weapon, poison, or falling. It includes any form of self-killing – even those seen today, like:

• Blowing oneself up (terrorist attacks)
• Overdosing or poisoning oneself
• Jumping from buildings or bridges
• Using guns, knives, or bombs to kill oneself

The Prophet ﷺ made it clear: Whoever chooses to end their life by their own hand – will face the same punishment eternally in Hell. This is because the act of suicide is not just pain – it’s rebellion against Allah’s decree.

🔥 Why It’s Against Islam:

• Suicide is not just a “mental breakdown” – it’s rejecting the life span Allah gave you.
• Even in pain or hardship, you don’t have the right to take what Allah owns – your life.
• Terrorists or extremists who blow themselves up claiming it’s for Islam are doing the exact thing this hadith warns against – it’s not martyrdom, it’s self-murder.

But Isn’t It Already Written When I Will Die?

The Conditional Script Given to Angels

When you were created, Allah commanded the angel to write conditional decrees such as:

• If he obeys and avoids major sins → 50 years
• If he disobeys and does X, Y → 30 years
• If he commits suicide → 20 years

You make the choice, and Allah already knows which one you will take. Once you choose:

• If Allah sees you obey and avoid major sins → the record confirms 50 year (finalized in the Mother of the Book).
• If Allah sees you disobey → the record confirms 30 year. (finalized in the Mother of the Book).
• If Allah sees you choose suicide → the record confirms 20 year. (finalized in the Mother of the Book).

So, He does not cut or extend life afterward; He only records what you freely chose from those options.

📖Qur’an 35:11
And no soul lives long or has its life cut short but it is in a Record.”

• Cut short means: relative to what the angel originally wrote based on conditions.
• You “cut it short” by choosing an action that triggered an early end.
• Allah allowed that possibility and already knew which one you’d pick.

3. So Why Does It Look Like You Did It?

Because:

• The angel’s record had two paths (longer life or shorter life).
• Your actual decision activated the shorter one.
• This is why you are responsible – it was your choice inside the options Allah gave.

📖Sahih Muslim 2643a
Verily your creation is on this wise. The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his mother’s womb in the form of blood, after which it becomes a clot of blood in another period of forty days. Then it becomes a lump of flesh and forty days later Allah sends His angel to it with instructions concerning four things, so the angel writes down his livelihood, his death, his deeds, his fortune and misfortune. By Him, besides Whom there is no god, that one amongst you acts like the people deserving Paradise until between him and Paradise there remains but the distance of a cubit, when suddenly the writing of destiny overcomes him and he begins to act like the denizens of Hell and thus enters Hell, and another one acts in the way of the denizens of Hell, until there remains between him and Hell a distance of a cubit that the writing of destiny overcomes him and then he begins to act like the people of Paradise and enters Paradise.

Sunan Ibn Majah 90
Nothing extends one’s life span but righteousness, nothing averts the Divine Decree but supplication, and nothing deprives a man of provision but the sin that he commits.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2139
Nothing turns back the Decree except supplication, and nothing increases the life-span except righteousness.

Meaning:

Allah commands the angels to write your potential lifespan, provision, and good deeds from Him, He leaves it to the person to choose which actions to follow.

Meaning:

1. Allah commands the angels to write your potential lifespan, provision, and good deeds from Him. He sees how a person may change, including when they accept the whispers of Shayṭān, which leads to evil from themselves. This happens by Allah’s permission because He allows free will.
2. Humans have free will: they can choose good today, evil tomorrow, and their actions may be influenced by Shayṭān’s whispers.
3. The good in the angelic record is from Allah, while evil arises when a person follows Shayṭān’s temptation.
4. Allah observes every choice a person makes, including whether they accept or reject the whispers of Shayṭān.
5. By exercising their free will, a person effectively determines the manifestation of their Divine Decree in their lifetime.
6. Importantly, Allah Himself does not change the Divine Decree; He already knows how the person will exercise their free will and records the final outcome.
7. Whatever a person chooses becomes their reality, and Allah observes it.
8. When a person makes du‘ā or acts righteously, the manifestation of the angelic record may change, reflecting their choices, but the ultimate Divine Decree in Allah’s knowledge was already fixed.
9. In short: humans can influence the unfolding events from the angelic record—choosing good from Allah or evil from Shayṭān – shaping their life within what Allah has foreseen, and Allah records their final choices in the Divine Decree.

Note: By changing the angelic record through their choices, the person effectively changes the Divine Decree for themselves in practice, but Allah does not change the original Decree; the person’s free will determines how it unfolds.

Allah writes all the good things for you before birth:

• Lawful provision
• Natural lifespan
• Potential good deeds
• The potential to be blessed in the Hereafter

Only good is recorded in the angelic record by Allah’s command, and when a human chooses this path, it is from God. Wickedness does not come from Allah; it occurs when a human, influenced by Shayṭān, makes a choice. Allah sees the choice and allows it by His permission, but the choice itself belongs to the human. Whatever they choose, even when inspired by the devil, is also recorded as their own decision.

• You freely choose to follow good (Allah’s guidance) or evil (Shayṭān’s whispers).
• Your choice becomes reality.

Explanation:

• Allah writes all good things: lawful provision, natural lifespan, potential good deeds, and the potential to be blessed.
• Wretchedness is not written by Allah; it happens only when you choose evil.

1. Free Will and Shayṭān’s Role

• Good option (from divine decree): Allah has prepared guidance and good deeds for you.
  Example: You are guided to maintain family ties.
• Evil option (from Shayṭān): Shayṭān whispers temptation to disobey or commit evil.
  Example: You feel a sudden urge to break family ties.

📖Qur’an 76:29-30
Indeed, this is a guidance. So whoever wills may take to his Lord a way. And you do not will except that Allah wills, Lord of the worlds.

• Meaning: Allah shows the path of guidance (good) to everyone.
• Each person has the free will to choose whether to follow it or not.

2. Qur’anic Example

Event today from your life (two paths come into effect):

Divine decree / good:
📖Quran 4:1
Maintain ties of kinship; Allah commands you to good.

📖Qur’an 5:91
Shayṭān tempts: he only wants to incite enmity and hatred among you, and divert you from the remembrance of Allah.

Divine Decree / Killing or Self-Harm
📖Qur’an 4:29
Allah commands: “Do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is ever Merciful to you.

📖Qur’an 4:119
Shayṭān tempts / Evil: “I will surely mislead them and arouse in them sinful desires.

Divine Decree / Falsehood, Deception
📖Qur’an 2:42
Allah commands: “Do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].

📖Qur’an 2:169
Shayṭān tempts: He commands you only to evil and immorality and to say about Allah what you do not know.

You choose one:

• If you follow good, angels record it as a righteous deed.
• If you follow evil, angels record it as an actual evil deed, and you become wretched, which was not commned by Allah, but is the result of your choice you followd the devil 

So, In the Angelic Books, what is recorded can change according to your choices. Yet the ultimate Divine Decree is fixed and fully known by Allah. You act freely, and whatever unfolds happens because of your own decisions. So yes, you may ‘change’ the record in the Angelic Book by your choices, but Allah’s final decree remains fixed and unchangeable, The path you follow in life, and the way you die, becomes your final path. You choose it yourself, and Allah sees it and records it in the Divine Decree.

Do Allah cuts lives short after writing them?

📖Surah Fatir 35:11
“And no soul lives long or has its life cut short but it is in a Record. Indeed, that is easy for Allah.”

Not arbitrarily. Scholars explain it like this:

Two Types of Writing

• Preserved Tablet (Lawh al-Mahfuz): Everything is final – nothing changes.

• Angels’ Records: Lifespan can appear to change because Allah orders increases or decreases based on deeds.

Examples (from Hadith):

The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever wishes to have his provision increased and his lifespan extended, let him maintain family ties.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)

This means doing good deeds can lengthen life (in the angels’ record), and sins can shorten it.

You might ask: “So if I cut kinship, my life decreases?”

Yes. The important part is: it reflects your choice, not disbelief. No one forced you – you acted freely, and the result follows your action.

Example for clarity:

• Suppose you know Islam well but die as a non-Muslim. You cannot blame anyone or question why you ended up in hell, because you chose your path freely. The Divine Decree already accounted for your choices, but your actions now determine your outcome.

1. Just now, you read this post but ignored it, right?
2. If you walk away without reflecting or acting, that action – ignoring and leaving – is also recorded in the Divine Decree.
3. Allah sees it and records it because it was your choice, not imposed by anyone.
4. Allah already knows the outcome, but you exercised free will, and the action manifests in your life according to your choice.

How Free Will and Predestination Work

God is Outside of Time

• God exists beyond time. He sees the entire timeline of every creation at once – from birth to death and beyond.

God Sees All Choices

• Before your birth (Time 0), God already knows every choice you will make. This is His knowledge, not His compulsion.

Life and Free Will

• When you are born (Time 1), you receive life, health, and blessings.
• You are given the freedom to choose your path: obey God or follow disobedience (Satan).

Receiving Guidance

• At various points (Time 2), God sends messages, revelation, and signs to guide you.
• You have the free will to accept or reject these messages.

Consequences of Choices

• If you reject guidance (Time 3), God may allow challenges or suffering (Time 4) to guide you.
• Even then, your choices are yours; God does not force you.

Predestination and Divine Decree

After all choices are made, God’s knowledge of your actions (from Time 0) allows Him to decree your destiny (Time 5).

• After all choices are made, God’s knowledge (from Time 0 via angelic records) allows Him to decree your destiny (Time 5).
• Your destiny is determined according to your choices, but God already knows the outcome eternally.
• Free will and predestination coexist: your choices cause your destiny, while God’s knowledge and decree encompass it all.

The Illusion of Escape

• Someone may think they are escaping responsibility, but they are walking into the outcome they freely chose.

Does God Alter the Divine Decree?

No, God does not directly alter the Divine Decree. Events are first recorded in the angelic records, which act as a “working draft” of potential outcomes. Humans can influence outcomes through dua (supplication), repentance, and righteous deeds, which may adjust these records.

Example: War Between Two Groups

Imagine a war is happening. In the angelic records, it is written:

• Group A (following God): Act according to guidance, make peace, follow justice.
• Group B (following Satan): Engage in killing, steal, spread corruption, follow evil whispers.

Both groups have freedom to act according to their choices. Satan may whisper to some in Group A, but they can choose to resist. Similarly, people in Group B may have chances to repent.

God, being All-Knowing, sees all choices at once – which humans will follow good or evil. Normally, the final outcome of events is recorded based on human choices, not imposed by God.

Where God Intervenes for Believers:

• God may personally intervene to protect or aid the believers (Group A), taking it as His duty out of mercy and justice.
• This may involve altering the angelic records in favor of those who sincerely follow Him, while still respecting general human free will.
• Humans still influence the course of events through their actions, but God ensures that believers are not left to unjust suffering.

Stopping the Devil’s Plan:

• Sometimes the devil’s plan is so destructive that God directly sets the final outcome, overriding normal free will for that moment.
• This ensures that evil does not triumph. Humans’ previous actions may still influence events, but finality is written by God Himself in the Divine Decree to nullify the devil’s victory.

Finality in the Divine Decree:

After all choices and interventions, God writes the finality of all events in the Divine Decree (Al-Qadr), This decree reflects:

• Human choices
• God’s intervention for justice and mercy
• The ultimate prevention of the devil’s triumph

📖Surah Al-Insan 76:30
“And you do not will except that Allah wills. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise

📖Qur’an 13:39
“Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.

This verse explains that in the angelic records, things can appear to be erased or added, but the Mother of the Book never changes, Human choices are real, but they occur within God’s knowledge and ultimate decree. The final outcome is preserved by His wisdom.

📖Qur’an 71:4
“That He may forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term..

This shows an apparent extension of life based on good deeds like repentance, Scholars say this refers to the conditional record with angels, where Allah commands them to increase the lifespan if the servant does good (e.g., repentance, maintaining kinship).

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Suicide is a Sinful Choice, Not Allah’s Command:

• Allah did not want you to die by suicide
• You chose it, and He allowed it to happen
• But He could have taken your soul without that sin – if you stayed patient

Quranic Context:

📖Quran 4:29
Quranic Context:
And do not kill yourselves. Indeed, Allah is ever Merciful to you.

📖Quran 3:145
No soul can ever die without Allah’s permission, at a time decreed.
You can’t force your death before time. If you try, you’re choosing sin over patience.