Supplication is certainly answered, and that is through three ways. How do we interpret, in light of this, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the supplication of Dhul-Nun?

The questioner : Here is a question that says: Supplication is certainly answered, and that is through three ways. How do we interpret, in light of this, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the supplication of Dhul-Nun: "No Muslim man has ever supplicated with it for anything, except that Allah answered him." What is the type of this response?

The Shaykh : The questioner is contradictory. He says at the beginning of the question that supplication is certainly answered, and that is through three ways, then after mentioning the hadith of Dhul-Nun, he says: . He asked: What is the type of this response? The answer is: It is one of three. As long as you know that the response is in a manner and through a path of three paths, then this response is realized through one of these paths in one of these manners. These paths differ for the supplicant. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) may hasten the response of the supplication for a person, as is the reality, meaning the reality in perception is that He transfers it immediately. Another person is allowed to wait? Why? He wants to raise him, for example, through discipline, because he does not deserve the response in the type he envisions. And so, another person is not like that, but He tests him so that He may hear his complaint and his humility, and to increase for him in his reward and recompense, saving it for him on the Day of Resurrection. The important thing is that no one can specify the type of Allah's (Mighty and Majestic) response to any of the supplications that a Muslim supplicates with, whether it is of the first type, the second, or the third? Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the most knowledgeable about that.