Bismillah hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu
Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
It was said to Ibraaheem ibn Adham: Why is it that we supplicate and receive no response?
He
said because you know Allaah but you do not obey Him, and you know the
Messenger but you do not follow his Sunnah, and you know the Qur’aan
but you do not act in accordance with it, and you eat from the
blessings of Allaah but you do not give thanks for them, and you know
Paradise but you do not seek it, and you know Hell but you do not flee
from it, and you know the shaytaan but you do not fight him rather you
agree with him, and you know death but you do not prepare for it, and
you have buried the dead but you do not learn a lesson from that, and
you ignore your own faults and are preoccupied with other people’s
faults.
Tafseer al-Qurtubi (2/312).
It was said to Ibraaheem ibn Adham: Why is it that we supplicate and receive no response?
He
said because you know Allaah but you do not obey Him, and you know the
Messenger but you do not follow his Sunnah, and you know the Qur’aan
but you do not act in accordance with it, and you eat from the
blessings of Allaah but you do not give thanks for them, and you know
Paradise but you do not seek it, and you know Hell but you do not flee
from it, and you know the shaytaan but you do not fight him rather you
agree with him, and you know death but you do not prepare for it, and
you have buried the dead but you do not learn a lesson from that, and
you ignore your own faults and are preoccupied with other people’s
faults.
Tafseer al-Qurtubi (2/312).
Ibn
Rajab al-Hanbali (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: It was narrated
that ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: By
avoiding that which Allaah has forbidden, Allaah will accept du’aa’ and
tasbeeh. And it was narrated that Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with
him) said: “The amount of du’aa’ with righteousness that is sufficient
is like the amount of salt that is sufficient with food.” And Muhammad
ibn Waasi’ said: A little du’aa’ is sufficient with piety.
Rajab al-Hanbali (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: It was narrated
that ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: By
avoiding that which Allaah has forbidden, Allaah will accept du’aa’ and
tasbeeh. And it was narrated that Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with
him) said: “The amount of du’aa’ with righteousness that is sufficient
is like the amount of salt that is sufficient with food.” And Muhammad
ibn Waasi’ said: A little du’aa’ is sufficient with piety.
One
of the salaf said: Do not expect a response when you have blocked the
way with sins. One of the poets also commented on this by saying:
We call upon Allaah for every hardship, then we forget Him when the hardship is relieved.
How can we hope for an answer to our du’aa’s, when we have blocked its way with sins?
Jaami’ al-‘Uloom wa’l-Hukam (1/107, 108).
Islam Q&A
Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: "O my Lord! let my
entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honor and likewise my exit by the
Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to
aid (me)."
entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honor and likewise my exit by the
Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to
aid (me)."
Ameen,Thumameen.
Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n).
Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah (May Allah be pleased with him)
Allah's
Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, " O Allah, grant me benefit
in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and
increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek
refuge in Allah from the state of those who go to Hell."
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is gharib.
Ameen