If things are decreed, then how can a person be called to account for them?

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Meaning of the hadeeth; “Then the divine decree overtakes him and he does the deeds of the people of Hell”
Ruling on citing al-qadar (divine will and decree) as an excuse for committing sin or failing to do obligatory duties

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