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).
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.
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)."
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
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