Combining the Answer to the Supplication of the Distressed One with the Hadith of the One Whose Food Is Forbidden
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How do you reconcile the fact that Allah may answer the supplication of a distressed polytheist when he calls upon Him, and likewise that of a sinner when he calls upon Him, with what is reported in the Qudsi hadith about the man?
Answer:
He answers their supplication in times of hardship, whether they are mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) or kafirs (disbelievers), because they call upon Allah with sincerity in their distress, so He answers their supplication. But in times of ease, they associate partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How do you reconcile the fact that Allah may answer the supplication of a distressed polytheist when he calls upon Him, and likewise that of a sinner when he calls upon Him, with what is reported in the Qudsi hadith about the man
The disheveled, dusty one who stretches his hands to the sky, whose food is forbidden and whose drink is forbidden, how then will he be answered?
الأشعث الأغبر الذي يمد يديه إلى السماء، ومطعمه حرام، ومشربه حرام، فأنى يستجابAnswer:
He answers their supplication in times of hardship, whether they are mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) or kafirs (disbelievers), because they call upon Allah with sincerity in their distress, so He answers their supplication. But in times of ease, they associate partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فإذا عرف أن كل حركة فأصلها الحب والإرادة ... — islamhouse.com (51:31)
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