16. THE WISDOM OF POSTPONEMENT OF SUPPLICATION (DU’A)
He who falls into hardship and supplicates (du’a) for ease must not suspect or despair should his supplications not be answered.
This is because he is supplicating to The Wise Owner, so if He chooses not to answer the supplication then He is free to do whatever He wants with what He owns. And if He chooses to delay answering the supplication then it is because of His wisdom.
Therefore whoever objects to His Decision in his heart (,qalb) is rebelling against his status as His slave and akin to demanding to be in the position of the ones who deserve!
You ought to know that whatever Allah has chosen for him is better than what he would choose for himself—for he might pray for a drop that consequently becomes a torrent that takes him away!
It is reported that a man used to ask Allah to facilitate for him join ing a battle to fight for His sake. He then heard a voice saying: ‘If you were to fight in the battle you will fall captive, and if you become a captive then you will become a Christian.’
When the servant (‘abd) of Allah submits to His Wisdom and Judgment and has full certainty that He owns everything, he will feel comfort in his heart regardless of his supplication being answered or not.
Allah’s Messenger said, “When a Muslim supplicates to Allah, Most High, then Allah will either: hasten to answer his supplication in this life or delay His answer, or preserve it for him in the Hereafter.”
Perhaps a person on the Day of Judgment will wish that none of his supplications were answered in this life, and they were preserved for him in the Hereafter.
So comprehend these things and safeguard your heart from doubt and hastiness.
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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