Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“…And I often find that people supplicate with certain
prayers and have their prayers answered, and they couple their supplication
with their neediness and turning towards Allaah, or a good deed they carried
out that caused Allaah to respond to this supplication out of gratitude for
this good deed; or they happened to supplicate at a time in which it is more
likely to be accepted, etc. So his supplication was answered because of this.
One might think that the secret was in the specific
wording of his supplication, and might therefore approach it simply from this
angle while
ignoring all of these other things that were coupled with it by the person
supplicating. This is like someone who uses beneficial medicine
at its proper time and in the proper manner and it benefits him as a result,
and someone else thinks that simply using this medicine regardless of these
other factors will bring about the same benefit. This person is wrong,
and this is where many people fall into error.
An example of this is when a needy person supplicates
near a grave. So, the ignorant one thinks that the secret of his supplication
being answered lies in this grave, and he does not know that the real secret is in his neediness
and full dependence on Allaah. So, if this happens in a House
from the Houses of Allaah, this would be better and more beloved to Allaah.
And supplications and prayers
of refuge are like weapons; and a weapon is only as effective as the one using
it, not just based on how sharp it is. So, as perfect and
flawless a weapon is, as strong as the arm is that is using it, as much as
there is nothing to nullify its effectiveness – the more damaging it will be
against the enemy. And whenever one of these three elements is absent, the
effect will be held back.
So, if the supplication
itself is not good, or the one supplicating does not have both his heart and
tongue present when making it, or there is some element present to prevent it
from being answered, it will have no effect…”
[‘Ad-Da’
wad-Dawa’; pgs. 40-41]
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