By Asma bint Shameem
Sometimes it may SEEM like Allaah didn’t accept our duaa although in reality He did.
Thats because the RESPONSE to the duaa may take different forms:
1. Allaah will respond and give you exactly what you made the duaa for
2. He will turn away some evil or harm from him because of the duaa,
3. or He will save it for the person for the Day of Resurrection when he will need it the most.
The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
“There is no Muslim who calls upon Allaah with words in which there is no sin or severing of family ties but Allaah will give him one of three things:
either He will answer his prayer soon,
or He will store it up for him in the Hereafter,
or He will remove something bad from him that is equivalent to what he is asking for.”
They said,
“Then we should make a great amount of du’aa’.”
He said,
“Allaah is greater.”
(at-Tirmidhi -saheeh by al-Albaani)
Our Deen encourages us to make a LOT of duaa, and we shouldn’t be hasty in seeking a response.
That’s because duaa is a beautiful act of *Ibaadah* and is beloved to Allaah Subhaan Allaah.
We MUST ALWAYS make duaa and NEVER give up.
But the Shaytaan does not want us to make duaa and have it accepted.
So he whispers in our head and puts doubts in our minds about Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala and makes us lose hope.
However, we must NEVER lose hope or despair.
That’s because no one despairs of Allaah except those that are astray.
Allaah says:
[Ibraheem] said:
"And who despairs of the Mercy of his Lord except those who are astray?"
(Surah al-Hijr:56)
So we MUST have GOOD HOPES with Allaah and know that Allaah WILL respond to our duaas sooner or later.
If He’s not responding ’now’, He will respond ‘later’.
The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
“The duaa of any one of you will be answered so long as he is *not impatient* and says, I made duaa but it was not answered.”
(al-Bukhaari and Muslim)
Ibn al-Jawzi said about duaa not being answered right away:
“I think part of the test is when a believer supplicates and receives no response, and he repeats the du’aa’ for a long time and sees no sign of a response.
He should realize that this is a TEST and needs PATIENCE.
What a person experiences of waswaas when the response is delayed is a sickness which needs medicine,
I have experienced this myself.
A calamity befell me and I supplicated and did not see any response, and Iblees started to lay his traps.
Sometimes he said :
The generosity (of Allaah) is abundant and He is not miserly, so why is there a delay?
I said to him:
Be gone, O cursed one, for I have no need of anyone to argue my case and I do not want you as a supporter!
Then I told myself:
Beware of going along with his whispers, for if there was no other reason for the delay except that Allaah is testing you to see whether you will fight the enemy, that is sufficient wisdom.
My soul (nafs) said: How could you explain the delay in the response of Allaah to your prayers for relief from this calamity?
I said: It is proven with evidence that Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, is the Sovereign, and the Sovereign may withhold or give, so there is no point in objecting to Him.
2 – The wisdom behind that is proven in definitive evidence. I may think that something is good, but wisdom does not dictate it, but the reason for that may be hidden, just as a doctor may do things that appear outwardly to be harmful, intending some good purpose thereby. Perhaps this is something of that nature.
3 – There may be an interest to be served by delay, and haste may be harmful.
The Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said:
“A person will be fine so long as he does not become impatient and says, ‘I prayed but I did not receive any answer.’”
4 – The response may be withheld because of some fault in you.
Perhaps there was something dubious in what you ate or your heart was heedless at the time when you said the du’aa’, or your punishment is being increased by means of your need being withheld, because of some sin from which you have not repented sincerely.
So look for some of these reasons, so that you might achieve your aim.”
So as Ibn Jawzi said, sometimes there may be reasons why Duaa may not be accepted. For example;
- the person is not sincere to Allaah
- or he has haraam wealth
- or involved in some kind of sin
- or he has broken ties of kinship
- or he’s hasty or impatient in making duaa
- or it may even be a test for the person.
And Allaah knows best.
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