2. ETIQUETTES OF SUPPLICATION (DU’A )
When you fall into a troublesome situation or a hardship you cannot seem to alleviate or resolve, supplicating to Allah and turning to Him after repenting (tawbah) from your sins is your only solution.
Because a sin (dhanb) necessitates punishment (‘aqiiba), when a sin is erased with repentance, the punishment shall be removed accordingly.
If you complied with the aforementioned advice and despite your repentance (tawbah) and supplication (du’a), found none of your prayers were answered, you should investigate yourself further.
It is possible that your repentance was insincere; hence you should rectify it and supplicate again.
Beware also of letting boredom from supplications sneak into your heart because maybe it was in your best interest for the answer of your prayers be postponed and not answered immediately. I
it is therefore, in such a case, that you will be rewarded all the while waiting for your prayers to be (eventually) answered. It is in fact, in your best interest that you are not granted what you sought and be compensated with something different.
If Shaytan ever whispers to your heart saying, ‘How long have you been supplicating but you still see no answer?’
Let your answer be, ‘I worship Him with my supplications, while I am confident and certain that my supplications shall be answered. Yet, maybe the answer is postponed to bring forth a goodness that is for my interest for answers when the time comes. And even if no answer is noted, it suffices the humility and worship I am in.’
Beware of asking [Allah] of a matter without asking Him for the good therewith. Indeed, a matter you may ask regarding this worldly life may be the cause of your destruction.
If you are ordered in religion {din), to consult (mashawara) your worldly affairs with a person informed of what you are capable of, it befits more to ask your Lord to write for you goodness in what you ask, since He knows all the best interests of His creation.
Seeking the guidance (istikhara) of Allah in your affairs is an evidence of good consulting (hasan al-mashawara).
(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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