The Cure for Obsessive Whispers and the Conditions for the Acceptance of Supplication
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The Shaykh:
The cure.
The questioner:
And what are the conditions for the acceptance of supplication? May you be rewarded.
The Shaykh:
The one who has obsessive whispers should leave them and seek refuge in Allah from Satan and from the whispers. He should repeat the adhkar in the morning and evening, and recite Surat al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat (the two chapters of seeking refuge), and the whispers will go away from him. If this person has a psychological illness, he should return to the psychiatrists so that perhaps they will find a cure for him. Perhaps this is a nervous condition, and the doctors have a treatment for it, so he should consult them. This is regarding the whispers. The rest of the question is about the conditions for the acceptance of supplication.
As for the conditions for the acceptance of supplication, they are many. Among them is that one should be certain of the response, and that he should call upon Allah with a present heart, not a heedless one, for supplication is not accepted from a heedless, distracted heart, as is in the hadith. He should make his food pure, meaning he should eat from what is lawful, because eating what is forbidden prevents the acceptance of supplication. He should not supplicate with sin or severing of family ties. He should not hasten in the acceptance, saying, "I called and I called, but I was not answered," and then he leaves off supplication. Rather, he should persist in supplication, not despair, and not lose hope in the mercy of Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah, asks: Who are the awliya (close friends of Allah) and what are their characteristics? And is it applied to any upright man who follows the Shari'ah that we call him a wali?
The cure.
The questioner:
And what are the conditions for the acceptance of supplication? May you be rewarded.
The Shaykh:
The one who has obsessive whispers should leave them and seek refuge in Allah from Satan and from the whispers. He should repeat the adhkar in the morning and evening, and recite Surat al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat (the two chapters of seeking refuge), and the whispers will go away from him. If this person has a psychological illness, he should return to the psychiatrists so that perhaps they will find a cure for him. Perhaps this is a nervous condition, and the doctors have a treatment for it, so he should consult them. This is regarding the whispers. The rest of the question is about the conditions for the acceptance of supplication.
As for the conditions for the acceptance of supplication, they are many. Among them is that one should be certain of the response, and that he should call upon Allah with a present heart, not a heedless one, for supplication is not accepted from a heedless, distracted heart, as is in the hadith. He should make his food pure, meaning he should eat from what is lawful, because eating what is forbidden prevents the acceptance of supplication. He should not supplicate with sin or severing of family ties. He should not hasten in the acceptance, saying, "I called and I called, but I was not answered," and then he leaves off supplication. Rather, he should persist in supplication, not despair, and not lose hope in the mercy of Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah, asks: Who are the awliya (close friends of Allah) and what are their characteristics? And is it applied to any upright man who follows the Shari'ah that we call him a wali?
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/171 — archive.org (11:22)
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