The Criterion for the Answered Supplication
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
We begin, may Allah bless you, Your Excellency the Shaykh, with what the brother Abu 'Umar sent from Riyadh. He says:[Ghafir 40:60] [Ghafir 40:60] He asks: What is the criterion for a supplication that is answered?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The answered supplication is that which conforms to what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed. Also, the response is with Allah the Exalted. It is our duty to supplicate: "Call upon your Lord," and it is upon Allah to respond. However, the response has conditions: that one calls upon Allah the Exalted with sincere devotion to Him in his supplication.[Ghafir 40:14] He called supplication a religion and called it worship. [Ghafir 40:60] He called it a religion and called it worship because of its great importance. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning that supplication is the greatest type of worship, just as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning that standing at 'Arafah is the Hajj, meaning that it is the most important pillar of the Hajj.
This indicates the importance of supplication and that a person should increase in supplicating to Allah the Exalted. When he supplicates to Allah, he worships Him with that supplication. And Allah the Exalted is near and responsive. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you and reward you.
We begin, may Allah bless you, Your Excellency the Shaykh, with what the brother Abu 'Umar sent from Riyadh. He says:
And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship
وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِيwill enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.
سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَAnswer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The answered supplication is that which conforms to what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed. Also, the response is with Allah the Exalted. It is our duty to supplicate: "Call upon your Lord," and it is upon Allah to respond. However, the response has conditions: that one calls upon Allah the Exalted with sincere devotion to Him in his supplication.
So invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion
فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَIndeed, those who disdain My worship
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِيSupplication is worship
الدعاء هو العبادةHajj is 'Arafah
الحج عرفةThis indicates the importance of supplication and that a person should increase in supplicating to Allah the Exalted. When he supplicates to Allah, he worships Him with that supplication. And Allah the Exalted is near and responsive. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you and reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (166) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1439-07-25] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (0:44)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.