الدُّعاءُ يَدفَعُ أنواعَ البَلاءِ Supplication Repels Various Types of Calamity

16ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): اِدفَعوا أبوابَ البَلاءِ بِالدُّعاءِ.

16– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Repel the doors of calamity with supplication.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 288, no. 3]
 

17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اِدفَعُوا أمواجَ البَلاءِ بِالدُّعاءِ ، ما المُبتَلَى الَّذي استَدَرَّ بِهِ البَلاءُ بِأحوَجَ إلَى الدُّعاءِ مِنَ المُعافَى الَّذي لا يَأمَنُ البَلاءَ.

17– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Repel the surges of calamity with supplication. The person who is continuously facing calamities is not more in need of supplication than that person who is free and secure from calamity.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 301, no. 37]
 

18ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن تَخَوَّفَ بَلاءً يُصيبُهُ فَتَقَدَّمَ فيهِ بِالدُّعاءِ لَم يُرِهِ اللّه‏ُ عزّوجلّ ذلكَ البَلاءَ أبَداً.

18– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who fears the onset of a calamity and precedes it with supplication, Allah will never afflict him with that calamity.’[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 10, no. 1992]