Choosing Of Spouse – Free Will Or Fate (Taqdeer)?
In my opinion, all events in life happen per Allah will. But as humans going through this test, the events can be categorized into three types. 1. Pure free will. For example, your choice whether to commit a sin. 2. Pure fate. For example, where you are born. 3. Events that seem to be a mix of fate and free will, but are actually purely fate. For example, selection of your spouse. The fate decides the time, location, and available selection of your spouse, and free will seems to let you choose a spouse from the available choices. In the end, everything is fate because everything happens according to Allah’s will, and you end up selecting a spouse that Allah willed for you. But as humans going through a test in this life, you are being judged based on your thought process, your actions, and your decision when going through the process of selecting a spouse.