Remembrance of Allah in all Conditions
Allah Almighty says in the Qur'an:
"When my servants ask you concerning me, (tell them) I am indeed close
(to them). I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calls on
me." [2:186]
The place of duaa is so high to Allah, that the Prophet had said:
"Nothing is more honourable to Allah the Most High than du`a."
[Sahih al-Jami` no.5268].
He also said: "The most excellent worship is du`a."
[Sahih Al-Jami` no. 1133];
"If one does not ask Allah, He will get angry with him."
[Sahih al-Jami` no.2414]
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Why our Du'as are not answered
by ibn Rajab al Hanbali
from Khushu' fis-salah
Ibrahim ibn Adham - may Allah have mercy on
him - a third century scholar, a teacher and a
companion of Sufyan ath-Thawri, was asked
about the saying of Allah - the Most High:
"and your Lord says: "Call on me I will answer
your prayer..."
[40:60]
"We supplicate and we are not answered."
So he said to them:
You know Allah,
Yet you do not obey Him,
You recite the Qur'an,
Yet do not act according to it,
You know Shaitan,
Yet you have agreed with him,
You proclaim that you love Muhammad
Yet you abandon his Sunnah,
You proclaim your love for Paradise,
Yet you do not act to gain it,
You proclaim your fear the Fire,
Yet you do not prevent yourselves from sins,
You say "Indeed death is true",
Yet you have not prepared for it,
You point out the faults with others,
Yet you do not look at your faults,
You eat of that which Allah has provided for you,
Yet you do not thank Him,
You bury your dead,
Yet you do not take a lesson from it."
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