The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: A vow does not provide for the son of Adam anything which I did not decree for him, but a vow draws it. A Divine decree is one which I have destined, it is extracted from a miser. He is given what he was not given before. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3288)
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَأْتِي ابْنَ آدَمَ النَّذْرُ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَكُنْ قَدَّرْتُهُ لَهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ يَلْقِيهِ النَّذْرُ بِمَا قد قَدَّرْتُهُ لَهُ يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ يُؤْتِينِي عَلَيْهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ آتَانِي عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ
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