⚫1⃣ When the du’aa’ is weak in itself,
🔻because it involves something inappropriate, or
🔻 involves bad manners towards Allaah,ﷻ,
🔻or it is inappropriate, which means asking Allaah for something which it is not permitted to ask,
▪e.g.
🔗 when a man asks to live forever in this world,
🔗or he asks for a sin or something haraam,
🔗or he prays that he will die, and so on.
✨Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
*“A person's du’aa’s will continue to be answered so long as he does not pray for something sinful or for the breaking of family ties.”*
〰Muslim.〰
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⚫2⃣ When the person who is making du’aa’ is weak in himself, because he is faint-hearted in his turning towards Allaah.
💢 This may be either because of bad manners towards Allaah(ﷻ)
such as
🔻raising his voice in du’aa
🔻or making du’aa in the manner of one who thinks he has no need of Allaah;or
🔻because he pays too much attention to the wording and tries to come up with unnecessarily ornate phrases, without paying attention to the meaning;or
🔻 because he tries too hard to weep or shout without really feeling it,or he goes to extremes in that.
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⚫3⃣ Consuming haraam wealth.
🔺 *This is one of the major reasons why du’aa’s are not answered.*
✨Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) said: The Prophet ﷺ said:
*“O people, Allaah is Good and only accepts that which is good. Allaah commanded the pious to follow the same commandments as He gave to the Messengers.*
●He says,
🌺 *‘O (you) Messengers! Eat of the Tayyibaat [all kinds of Halaal (lawful) foods which Allaah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables, fruits)] and do righteous deeds. Verily, I am Well-Acquainted with what you do’*
〰[al-Mu’minoon 23:51]〰
🌺 *‘O you who believe (in the Oneness of Allaah — Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with’*
〰[al-Baqarah 2:172]〰
● Then he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) mentioned a man who has travelled on a long journey and is dishevelled and covered with dust; he stretches forth his hands to the heaven, (saying)
“O Lord, O Lord”,
🔻 But his food is haraam,
🔻 his drink is haraam,
🔻 all his nourishment is haraam,
▪so how can the du’aa be accepted❓”
〰Muslim〰
〰▪The man described by the Prophet (ﷺ) had some of the characteristics which help du’aa’s to be answered
🔺– he was travelling and
🔺- he was in need of Allaah,
🔺– but the fact that he consumed haraam wealth prevented his du’aa’ from being answered.
✨⚜We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound.
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⚫4⃣ Trying to hasten the response.
✨Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
*“The du’aa of any one of you will be answered so long as he is not impatient and says, ‘I made du’aa’ but it was not answered.’”*
〰al-Bukhaari and Muslim.〰
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⚫5⃣ Making the du’aa’ conditional, such as saying,
🔺 “O Allaah, forgive me if You will” or
🔺 “O Allaah, have mercy upon me if You will.”
🌹 The person who makes du’aa has to be
🔸resolute in his supplication,
🔸striving hard and
🔸 earnestly repeating his du’aa’.
✨The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
*“Let not any one of you say, ‘O Allaah, forgive me if You will, O Allaah, have mercy on me if You will.’ Let him be resolute in the matter, whilst knowing that no one can compel Allaah to do anything.”*
〰al-Bukhaari and Muslim.〰
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🌹 In order for du’aa’s to be answered,
🔹it is not essential to adhere to all of these points
🔹 and be free of all that could prevent one’s du’aa’s from being answered.
✨🌟That is something which happens very rarely.
🌹🌺 But one has to try hard and strive towards achieving this.
❗✨ Another important point is to realize that the response to the du’aa’ may take different forms:
🔹 either Allaah will respond and fulfil the desire of the person who made the du’aa’,or
🔹 He will ward off some evil from him because of the du’aa’, or
🔹He will make something good easy for him to attain because of it, or
🔹He will save it with Him for him on the Day of Resurrection when he will be most in need of it.
🌹And Allaah knows best.🌹
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