The Conditions for the Answering of Supplication and the Delay in Its Answering
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Question:
Shaykh, what are the conditions for the answering of supplication? And if the answering of supplication is delayed, is it in the person's best interest?
Answer:
A person must supplicate to Allah, for supplication is an act of worship; indeed, as stated in the hadith, it is the essence of worship. So he should increase in supplication and not despair of being answered by Allah. Allah knows best what is in His servants' interests. His interest may lie in hastening the answer, or the interest may lie in delaying the answer. So he should supplicate to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and entrust the answering to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.
Shaykh, what are the conditions for the answering of supplication? And if the answering of supplication is delayed, is it in the person's best interest?
Answer:
A person must supplicate to Allah, for supplication is an act of worship; indeed, as stated in the hadith, it is the essence of worship. So he should increase in supplication and not despair of being answered by Allah. Allah knows best what is in His servants' interests. His interest may lie in hastening the answer, or the interest may lie in delaying the answer. So he should supplicate to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and entrust the answering to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7473 — youtube.com (10:28)
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