Re: Durood
I recited durood Ibrahimi. Its miraculous mashallah 
That is that exact same definition I’ve understood, from tv thou, dr Zakir Naik answered someones question saying, you making dua is written too, if you made no effort (towards whatever iit is you want) and made no dua then thats what written. Allah knows what dua you are going to make, Allah knows if he will accept it, so your future is written but you are the one making those choices, Allah didn’t want you to have an accident, maybe ur eyes werent on the road so you crashed. If you gave sadqa before going on that journey, that was written because Allah knows what you are going to give sadqa and increase your chances of staying safe.
I dont know if above is making sense but I see it simply as, we have free will in this world, so we cant put anything on Allah, otherwise why some people end up with horrible partners, i know someone who is a good person, been thru a lot in life but she got married to this guy who literally ruined her life, Allah did not make them get married to cause them pain, they chose to get married and for example if they had waited and did lot of dua, maybe they wouldn’t have gotten married and found better partners. Allah knew they wont do any of that and will get married, that was their qadr (written in luh mehfuz).
About dua, I always say to myself that even one dua made sincerely goes up to Allah but for our peace of mind, we keep reciting durood or surahs, because man is a restless creature, we want to keep making dua for whatever we want untill we get it. I will not stop asking for something and making humanly efforts to get it, just by saying that Allah wont change my qadr anyway, that’s a state of mayusi that we should stay away from. Best dua is saying Allah give me whats best for me, whilst I’m making efforts towards what I really want.
Sorry if I didn’t answer your question properly. Bottomline: Durood is powerful and in my times of hardship I read it more then normal amount and Allah has blessed me so much. Sometimes when things dont work out, I find peace in thinking that I did all I could and Allah saw how I prayed, those prayers will manifest in some shape or form.