Allah knows and decides early all small and big matters, and happens in the same way. He knows the past, the present and the future of his creatures. As far as Allah is concerned, there is no question of age limit. He has knowledge of the whole things. This knowledge is the base of fate. Since his knowledge is strong and complete, his decision and fate are ultimate and perfect.
Faith in destiny gives peace to human mind; spreads enthusiasm and excitement. He does not spoil our freedom by telling God's fate. Creating good and bad, and teaching both good and bad sides he gives us freedom - the freedom of choice was given to us. But, he knows who will choose and what to choose. Our duty is that the freedom given to us must be used to select only good with maximum care.
It is on the name of selection that man becomes eligible for punishment or salvation. One who chooses good, but died before performing that, will get the reward of performing that. All actions are considered according to man's mental decision [niyyath]. Allah will not destroy one even though his performance of evil was so high in a particular circumstances; say it, due to yielding to compulsion, or ignorance, or falsehood, or absence of mind. Only deliberate actions are taken into account, and in that case our future luck will be determined as per the use of our intelligence. We are awarded with intelligence in order to select right things, and to avoid evil. We should look at what we select, on the basis of which our future to be decided.
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