Often some of us claim that, "Oh! I have been making Du'a so sincerely for a very long time, yet still no response". This is a serious matter which we need to understand thoroughly. Therefore, in this post, we are inshaAllah going to discuss about this issue.
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “A person will still be answered so long as his du’aa’ does not involve sin or severing ties of kinship, and so long as he does not become impatient.” It was said: O Messenger of Allaah, what does being impatient mean? He said: “Saying, I said du’aa’, and I said du’aa’, and I did not receive any response, then he becomes frustrated and stops saying du’aa’.” (Narrated by Muslim (2735)).
A misconception among most of us is that, when a Du'a is made, Allah (subuhaanahu wata'aala) will respond to it ONLY in the way and with what we asked. This is wrong my brothers and sisters. Let us analyse what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has said about this.
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There is no Muslim who does not offer any du’aa’ in which there is no sin or severing of family ties but Allaah will give him one of three things in return: either He will answer his du’aa’ sooner, or he will store it up for him in the Hereafter, or He will divert an equivalent evil away from him because of it.” They said: “We will say a lot of du’aa’.” He said: “Allaah is more generous.” (Narrated by Ahmad (10749), classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb (1633)).
So now we are clear that Allah (subuhaanahu wata'aala) responds our Du'as in either of 3 ways.
1- Answering our Du'a soon after we make it.
2- Giving him what he asked for, in the day when he will be MOST needed for it. (Hereafter).
3- Diverting away an evil from us, which is of the same level of what we asked in our Du'a.
Therefore, it is a Positive + Positive + Positive. No Negative at all, in any case.
Let us tudy this brilliant passage from the writings of Ibn al-Jawzi concerning this matter. He (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
I think part of the test is when a believer supplicates and receives no response, and he repeats the du’aa’ for a long time and sees no sign of a response. He should realize that this is a test and needs patience.
What a person experiences of waswaas when the response is delayed is a sickness which needs medicine, I have experienced this myself. A calamity befell me and I supplicated and did not see any response, and Iblees started to lay his traps. Sometimes he said : The generosity (of Allaah) is abundant and He is not miserly, so why is there a delay?
I said to him: Be gone, O cursed one, for I have no need of anyone to argue my case and I do not want you as a supporter!
Then I told myself: Beware of going along with his whispers, for if there was no other reason for the delay except that Allaah is testing you to see whether you will fight the enemy, that is sufficient wisdom.
My soul (nafs) said: How could you explain the delay in the response of Allaah to your prayers for relief from this calamity?
I said: It is proven with evidence that Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, is the Sovereign, and the Sovereign may withhold or give, so there is no point in objecting to Him.
InshaAllah in another post, we will discuss about the Conditions for the acceptance of our Du'as.
May Allah keep us steadfast in His Deen, and grant us the eternal happiness.
Wassalam 'Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Mashallah nice.
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