Is the delay in answering a supplication a punishment?
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Question:
He says, O His Eminence the Shaykh, in this question: Is the non-acceptance of a believer's supplication, and the non-realization of his request, a punishment for his sin and its commission?
Answer:
This may happen, and this may happen. The postponement of the answer may be a punishment; because he did not pay attention to repentance, nor did he repent with sincere repentance. It may also be for other reasons, other sins, and other transgressions he committed.
So the point is: that he should persist with his Lord, and strive in repentance, and also persist in seeking success that Allah will suffice him from the evil of his own self in falling into other transgressions. He should have a sincere persistence in his repentance, and sincerity in seeking safety and well-being from other sins. This is among the signs of success if he persists in seeking safety, and seeks success, and regrets his sin with true regret, and abandons it, and follows it with righteous deeds. This is among the indications that Allah has guided him. He said -Exalted and Majestic is He-: [Ta-Ha:82] along with the mention of repentance ......., [Ta-Ha:82] And He said regarding the polytheist, the killer, and the fornicator: [Al-Furqan:70] He the Exalted said: Except those who repent and do righteous deeds.
So the point is: that the sincere believer, along with his repentance, has righteous deeds that indicate the strength of his desire for repentance, such as his striving to increase in prayer and charity, increasing in the remembrance of Allah, frequenting tasbih and tahlil.. to other than this of forms of righteousness, meaning: he strives in types of righteousness, and types of good; perhaps Allah will expiate his evil, and perhaps Allah will accept his good deeds .......
The presenter: Allah is the Greatest, may Allah reward you with good, O His Eminence the Shaykh.
He says, O His Eminence the Shaykh, in this question: Is the non-acceptance of a believer's supplication, and the non-realization of his request, a punishment for his sin and its commission?
Answer:
This may happen, and this may happen. The postponement of the answer may be a punishment; because he did not pay attention to repentance, nor did he repent with sincere repentance. It may also be for other reasons, other sins, and other transgressions he committed.
So the point is: that he should persist with his Lord, and strive in repentance, and also persist in seeking success that Allah will suffice him from the evil of his own self in falling into other transgressions. He should have a sincere persistence in his repentance, and sincerity in seeking safety and well-being from other sins. This is among the signs of success if he persists in seeking safety, and seeks success, and regrets his sin with true regret, and abandons it, and follows it with righteous deeds. This is among the indications that Allah has guided him. He said -Exalted and Majestic is He-:
But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.
وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىBut indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.
وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىExcept for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good
إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَأُوْلَئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍSo the point is: that the sincere believer, along with his repentance, has righteous deeds that indicate the strength of his desire for repentance, such as his striving to increase in prayer and charity, increasing in the remembrance of Allah, frequenting tasbih and tahlil.. to other than this of forms of righteousness, meaning: he strives in types of righteousness, and types of good; perhaps Allah will expiate his evil, and perhaps Allah will accept his good deeds .......
The presenter: Allah is the Greatest, may Allah reward you with good, O His Eminence the Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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