Treating doubts and obsessions with the certainty that Allah the Exalted answers supplication
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. She says: I am a religiously committed girl, praise be to Allah, and my problem lies in my lack of full engagement with the religion of Allah and His Book. Doubt enters my heart regarding Allah’s response to my supplication, and I feel that He might bring about the opposite of what I wish. I make du'a' (supplication) and ask that you guide me in this matter so that I may be humble in worship, for I often close my eyes in order to keep my mind focused on what I am reading and supplicating. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Muslim supplicates to Allah Mighty and Majestic and strives in his supplication, and he does not harbor despair or hopelessness regarding the mercy of Allah, for that is from Shaytan. Allah Glorious and Exalted has commanded His worship to be sought and promised a response. Therefore, the Muslim should have a good opinion of his Lord. It was reported in the hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3479Da’if (Darussalam) So the one who supplicates to Allah should have a good opinion of his Lord, be certain of the response, strive in his supplication, and not allow despair and hopelessness to enter his heart. As it was reported in the hadith: Rather, he should increase in supplication and persist, and not agree with Shaytan in allowing despair to enter his heart. It was also reported in the hadith: So Allah Mighty and Majestic either answers his supplication by hastening for him what he asked for, or He delays it until a time when it will be more beneficial for him than if it had been hastened.
So if the Muslim supplicates to Allah the Exalted and Sublime with certainty of the response, he will never be disappointed, either in the near future or in the distant future. Allah does not break His promise, the Exalted and Sublime. However, the Muslim must adhere to the etiquettes of supplication. He must avoid consuming what is haram (forbidden) and the obstacles to supplication. He must not supplicate for a sin or for severing family ties. No.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. She says: I am a religiously committed girl, praise be to Allah, and my problem lies in my lack of full engagement with the religion of Allah and His Book. Doubt enters my heart regarding Allah’s response to my supplication, and I feel that He might bring about the opposite of what I wish. I make du'a' (supplication) and ask that you guide me in this matter so that I may be humble in worship, for I often close my eyes in order to keep my mind focused on what I am reading and supplicating. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Muslim supplicates to Allah Mighty and Majestic and strives in his supplication, and he does not harbor despair or hopelessness regarding the mercy of Allah, for that is from Shaytan. Allah Glorious and Exalted has commanded His worship to be sought and promised a response. Therefore, the Muslim should have a good opinion of his Lord. It was reported in the hadith:
Call upon Allah while being certain of being answered
ادعوا الله وأنتم موقنون بالإجابة،Do not say, “I supplicated and supplicated, but I was not answered,”
لا يقول دعوت ودعوت فلم يستجب لي،That if the Muslim supplicates to his Lord Mighty and Majestic,
أن المسلم إذا دعا ربه عز وجل،So if the Muslim supplicates to Allah the Exalted and Sublime with certainty of the response, he will never be disappointed, either in the near future or in the distant future. Allah does not break His promise, the Exalted and Sublime. However, the Muslim must adhere to the etiquettes of supplication. He must avoid consuming what is haram (forbidden) and the obstacles to supplication. He must not supplicate for a sin or for severing family ties. No.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4547- علاج الشكوك والوساوس مع اليقين بأن الله تعالى يستجيب الدعاء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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