Sustenance and Marriage Are Written

Question :

Are sustenance and marriage written in Al-Lawh Al- Mahfuz?

Answer:

Everything from the time when Allah created the Pen, until the Day of Resurrection is written in Al-Lawh Al- Mahfuz, because as soon as Allah had created the Pen, He commanded it saying: "Write." It said: "What should I write, my Lord?" Allah said: "Write the record of all that will be." So it wrote at that time everything that will be until the commence- ment of the Hour."

It has been confirmed from the Prophet that when four months have elapsed, Allah sends an angel to the fetus in the womb of its mother who blows into it its spirit and writes his sustenance, his life-span, his deeds and whether he will be wretched or hapру.

So, sustenance is also written, and it does not increase or decrease (from what is written). Among the means (of attaining sustenance) which a man performs is striving to find sustenance, as Allah, Most High says:
"He it is Who has made the earth subservient to you (i.e. easy for you to walk, to live and to do agriculture on it); so walk in the path thereof and eat of His provision. And to Him will be the Resurrection."

Also among the causes (of attaining sustenance) is maintaining family ties, such as obedience to parents and keeping (good) relations with family members, because the Prophet said:
"Whoever loved that his provision be expanded and the term of his life extended should maintain family ties."

Also among the causes is fear of Allah, the Almighty, the All- Powerful, as He, Most High says:
"And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine."

And do not say: "Sustenance is written and fixed so I will not do anything of the causes which lead to it," because this is a form of weakness and inability; wisdom and strength are shown by
striving to obtain your sustenance and whatever benefits you in your religion and in your worldly affairs.

The Prophet said:
"The wise person is one who holds himself accountable and works for what comes after death. And the weak, impotent person is one whose self follows its vain desires and he (simply) puts his hope in Allah."

Just as sustenance is written and ordained according to its causes, likewise marriage is written and ordained. And it has been decreed that each of them will be the spouse of the other. Nothing in the earth or the heaven is hidden from Allah, Most High.