The Messenger of Allaah صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:
"Verily
amongst the people are those who are keys to good and locks to evil. And amongst the
people are those who are keys to evil
and locks to good. So Toobaa [1] for the one whom Allaah has placed the keys
of good upon his hands and woe be to the one whom
Allaah has placed the keys of evil at his disposal.”
[Sunan Ibn Maajah #237,
Ibn Abi 'Aasim in "As-Sunnah"
#297, Musnad At-Tayaalisi
#2082, Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab
al-Eemaan #698, & Al-Albani declared it good in As-Saheehah #1332]
Sheikh
‘Abdur Razaaq bin ‘Abdul Muhsin Al-‘Abbaad حفظه الله
said:
"From the ways to be a key
to good is by supplication."
Supplication
is the key to every good as one of the Pious
Predecessors stated something similar when he said: “I
contemplated about the entirety of
good and found that it has many entrances: Prayer
is from good, fasting is from good, hajj (pilgrimage to the Sacred House of
Allaah) is from good, the entrances of
good are numerous. Then I realized that
all of that is in the Hands of Allaah and thus I was certain that supplication is the
key to all good.”
You are incapable of praying
unless Allaah assists you in that, you are incapable
of performing the pilgrimage to
the Sacred House, fasting, giving charity,
being dutiful to your parents, carrying out acts of righteousness unless Allaah assists
you in that. For this
reason, the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم recited on the day
of Ahzaab:
“If it wasn’t
for Allaah, we wouldn’t have
been guided, nor would we have fasted
or offered prayer.”
[Bukhari #6620,
Muslim #1803]
