The Firm Supplication

‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd رضي الله تعالى عنه said:

“Indeed Allāh does not accept from the one who recites to be heard, nor from the insincere, nor from the one playing, nor the supplicant except for the one who supplicates with a firm supplication from his heart.”

(Az-Zuhd of Ibn al-Mubārak 83)

Sheikh Dr. ‘Abdur-Razzāq al-Badr, may Allāh preserve him, said:

“The firm supplication is the one emerging from heart because Allāh does not accept the supplication from a heedless heart as it has come in the Hadīth:

‘Supplicate to Allāh while you are certain of an answer and know that Allāh does not answer the supplication from a heedless inattentive heart.’

So seriousness in supplication is from the greatest of its etiquette, rather it is the main etiquette so because of that it was specifically mentioned. The supplication of the tongue without emerging from the heart has little benefit and is devoid of effect.”