I had time in my life when I was totally desperate and almost lost faith. I thought what happened with all those prayers which I asked from God. Then the answer came to me in the form of following options. Some one told me that:
Allah (God) always has three replies to our prayer.
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Recently some Artists from UK had a chance to see calligraphy like followings, they liked it and painted it in their own way. They did not knew what is this. They were Non-Muslims. This is God’s Name in Arabic. In Arabic, God has 99 names as we can see in Holy Quran (The Holy Last Book). We can call God with 99 different names which HE likes for HIM based on HIS (some) Qualities. I have got some beautiful calligraphic illustrations of God’s Name to share with you. The most favorite which HE likes for him is the Name “Allah”.
الله
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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) said:
“Whoever does not ask from Allah, He (Allah) becomes angry at him.”
(An authentic Hadeeth reported by Ibn Majah, At-Tirmidhi, Al-Haakim and others)
In the previously quoted saying of the Prophet (PBUH), there is proof that the supplication means requesting something from Allah, through which His Contentment is attained. This is since not asking from Allah out of pride and self-dependence is not permissible with respect to the Self-sufficient, the Most Praiseworthy.
A poet took the meaning of this Hadith and put it into poetic form saying:
“Allah becomes angry when you abandon asking Him, while the Son of Adam becomes angry, when you ask him for something.”
Therefore, Allah loves from His servants that they ask Him and that they turn towards Him and that they manifest their destitution and lowliness in front of Him. And He has made it a duty upon Himself to not send them back disappointed and empty-handed, as His Messenger (PBUH) has informed us:
“There is not a Muslim upon the earth that calls to Allah with a supplication except that Allah gives it to him or He removes some evil of equal proportion from him as long as he doesn’t supplicate for something sinful or to sever family ties.”
So a man amongst the people said:
“What if we ask numerous requests?”
He (PBUH) said:
“Allah is Akthar (Able to respond to numerous requests).”
(Sahih Kitaab Al-Adhkaar wa Da’eefihi (1223/920 & 1224/961)
In this is a sufficient clarification of the fact that Allah guarantees the answering of the supplications. This is however, according to its conditions. Thus, we shall go into details with the discussion concerning it, its description, its conditions, its proper time and place and its etiquettes, as well as what invalidates it.
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“And the man who believed said: … and my affair I leave it to Allah. Verily, Allah is the All-Seer of (His) slaves.’ So Allah saved him from the evils that they plotted (against him)”. (40:44,45)
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
“Allah says: ‘I am just as My slave thinks of Me when he remembers Me.’ By Allah! Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than one of you who unexpectedly finds in the desert his lost camel. He who comes closer to Me one span, I come closer to him a cubit; and he who comes closer to Me a cubit, I come closer to him a fathom; and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running”. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
This Hadith highlights the merits of expecting good treatment of Allah. But this has to be backed by good actions, in the same way as one can hope for good results after ploughing and sowing seeds. It is obvious that one who accomplishes good deeds will expect good consequences, and one who does evil deeds will expect evil consequences. Allah will treat people according to their expectation that are founded on their actions, and the reward will match their deeds.
Jabir bin Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
I heard the Prophet (PBUH) saying three days before he passed away:
“Let none of you die unless he has good expectations from Allah”. [Muslim].
This Hadith also tells us that one should always perform good deeds because no one knows the time of his death. At the time of death one must entertain hope for Allah’s Pardon and Mercy which cannot be possible without good actions. Thus, this Hadith conveys the same meanings of the following Ayah:
“And die not except in a state of Islam (as Muslims)”. (3:102).
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
“Allah, the Exalted, has said:
‘O son of adam, I forgive you as long as you pray to Me and hope for My forgiveness, whatever sins you have committed. O son of ‘Adam, I do not care if your sins reach the height of the heaven, then you ask for my forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of ‘Adam, if you come to Me with an earth load of sins, and meet Me associating nothing to Me, I would match it with an earthload of forgiveness.”’ [At-Tirmidhi]
- What it really means is that if sins of a Muslim, committed in ignorance and carelessness, become so numerous that in stacks touch the heights of skies, he should not lose hope in Allah’s Mercy when he thinks of repentance. If he repents wholeheartedly for his sins, makes penitence for them and begs Allah’s forgiveness, he will certainly find Allah’s Mercy open for him.
- Shirk (polytheism) is an absolutely unpardonable sin. All other sins, how many and how grave they may be, can be forgiven by Allah. He will pardon them if He likes (because of any good deed performed by him) and send the sinful persons straight to Jannah, or keep them for a while in Hell and then shift them to Jannah (Still punishment will be long and unbearable). In any case, the punishment of Hell will not be eternal for them, as it is for the Mushriks (polytheist).
Abdullah bin Umar (Radhi Allaho anho) narrates that he heard Rasulullah (Prophet Muhammad, Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) saying: Islam is founded on five pillars
- Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam, Peace be upon him) is His servant and apostle (Prophet)
- Establishment of Salaat (Prayer)
- Paying of Zakaat
- Performance of Hajj
- Fasting in Ramadhan
These are five pillars of Islam. It means; for muslims these five elements are essential and without these nobody can cliam to be a muslim.
