We often feel that we make du'a but it is not answered; what is the reason for that?

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The Shaykh : We constantly make du'a in our prayers, in our qunut, after our prayers, and so on. Then we feel, as if we were touching it with our hands, that these du'as are not being answered by Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for us. What is the reason for that?
The reasons are many, and very many. Among them is that we have been afflicted with consuming forbidden wealth. It was reported in *Sahih Muslim* from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: إن الله طيبٌ ولا يقبل إلا طيبًا، وإن الله أمر المؤمنين بما أمر به المرسلين فقال: يا أيها الرسل كلوا من الطيبات واعملوا صالحًا ثم ذكر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم الرجلَ يُطيلُ السفر أشعثَ أغبر، ومأكله حرام، ومشربه حرام، وغُذِّي بالحرام يرفع يديه يقول: يا رب يا رب، فأنى يُستجاب له Indeed, Allah is Good and accepts only that which is good. And Allah commanded the believers with what He commanded the messengers, saying: "O messengers, eat from the good things and do righteous deeds." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the man who lengthens his journey, disheveled and covered in dust, whose food is haram, whose drink is haram, and who is nourished with haram. He raises his hands and says: "O Lord, O Lord." How will he be answered?
So do not ask yourselves why our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) does not answer all these du'as over all these long years, because most of us live without asking whether our wealth came from what is halal or from what is haram. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reminded the Muslims by saying:

O people, fear Allah and be good in your seeking, for no soul will die until it has completed its provision and its term. Indeed, what is with Allah is not attained through haram.

يا أيها الناس اتقوا الله وأجملوا في الطلب، فإنَّ نفسًا لن تموت حتى تستكمل رزقها وأَجلَها، فإن ما عند الله لا يُنال بالحرام

. The calamity of Muslims today is their distance from the taqwa of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), which entails doing what Allah has commanded and avoiding what Allah has forbidden. Among the first of these is riba, whether consuming it or feeding it to others. In the present age, one of our ailments is psychological illness: we have been stamped, as the disbelievers were stamped, with a greed for love of this world and material things. It has come in many hadiths from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):

I do not fear poverty for you, but I fear that the world or the adornment of worldly life will open up for you, and that you will compete in it as those before you competed, and that it will destroy you as it destroyed them.

ما الفقر أخشى عليكم، ولكني أخشى عليكم أن تتفتَّح عليكم الدنيا أو زهرة الحياة الدنيا فتتنافسون فيها كما تنافس الذين من قبلكم فتهلككم كما أهلكتهم

. The people's turning today toward material things and earning money by whatever means it comes is among the calamities of Muslims; if they do not try to escape from it, they will not be saved from this humiliation that has settled upon them in all the lands of Islam, even if it varies in degree. Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) has informed us of some of this on the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in some of the authentic hadiths, among which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):

When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion.

إذا تبايعتم بالعينة، وأخذتم أذناب البقر، ورضيتم بالزرع وتركتم الجهاد في سبيل الله، سلَّط الله عليكم ذلًّا لا ينزعه عنكم حتى ترجعوا إلى دينكم

Sunan Abi Dawud 3462Sahih (Al-Albani)

. He also said (peace and blessings be upon him) in another hadith, which is one of the signs of his prophethood (peace and blessings be upon him), like the hadith before it:

The nations will be called upon to attack you, just as the diners gather around their food. They said: "O Messenger of Allah, will we be few at that time?" He said: "No, but you will be many, but you will be like the foam of a flood. And Allah will remove the awe of your enemies from their breasts and cast weakness into your hearts." They said: "What is weakness, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Love of this world and hatred of death."

ستداعى -أي: ستتداعى- عليكم الأمم كما تداعى -أي: تتداعى- الأكلة إلى قصعتها قالوا: أوَ مِن قلة نحن يومئذ يا رسول الله؟ قال: لا، بل أنتم يومئذ كثير، ولكنكم غثاء كغثاء السيل، ولينزعن الله الرهبةَ من صدور عدوكم وليقذفن في قلوبكم الوهن، قالوا: وما الوهن يا رسول الله؟ قال: حب الدنيا وكراهية الموت

. This is among the diseases of Muslims today that have surrounded their hearts and diverted them from performing their religious obligations, which are summarized in the word: "Fear Allah." Therefore, corruption has spread on earth, and people have made riba permissible by the slightest of tricks.

Source alathar.net

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