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1 ـ المعرفةُ |
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28ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ و قَد سَألَهُ قومٌ: نَدعو فلا يُستَجابُ لَنا ؟! ـ: لأ نَّكُم تَدعونَ مَن لا تَعرِفونَهُ. |
| 1. Inner Knowledge |
| 28– A group of people asked Imam al-Sadiq (AS), ‘We supplicate but are not answered?’ the Im?m said, ‘Because you call upon One whom you do not know.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 368, no. 4] |
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28ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في قَولِهِ: «فَلْيَستَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي»208 ـ: يَعلَمُونَ أ نِّي أقدِرُ عَلَى أنْ اُعطِيَهُم ما يَسألُونِّي . |
| 29– Regarding the saying of Allah, “so let them respond to Me, and let them have faith in Me” Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘It means that: “they should know that I [Allah] am capable of giving them what they ask Me for”.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 323, no. 37] |
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2- العملُ بما تقتضيهِ المعرفةُ |
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30ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا سُئلَعن قولِاللّهِ تَعالى: «أُدْعُونِي أسْتَجِبْ لَكُم» فما بالُنا نَدعو فلا نُجابُ؟ ـ: لأنَّ قُلوبَكُم خانَتْ بِثَماني خصالٍ: أوّلُها أ نَّكُم عَرَفتُمُ اللّهَ فلَم تُؤَدُّوا حَقَّهُ كما أوجَبَ علَيكُم، فما أغنَتْ عنكُم مَعرِفَتُكُم شَيئا ... فأيُّ دُعاءٍ يُستَجابُ لَكُم مَع هذا وقد سَدَدْتُم أبوابَهُ وطُرُقَهُ؟! |
| 2. Acting According to What Inner Knowledge Necessitates |
| 30– Imam Ali (AS) when he was asked regarding Allah’s verse: “Call Me and I will hear you[r supplications]” – ‘So why does it happen that we supplicate and are not answered?’ - replied, ‘Because your hearts have been treacherous in eight areas, the first of them being that you know Allah but you do not fulfil your right towards Him as is obligatory upon you, so your inner knowledge of Him has not benefited you at all… so then which supplication will be answered for you with this [state of affairs] after you have blocked its doors and paths?!’[A`alam al-Din, no. 269] |
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3 ـ طِيبُ المَكسَبِ |
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31ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ العبدَ لَيَرفَعُ يَدَهُ إلى اللّهِ ومَطعَمُهُ حَرامٌ، فكيفَ يُستَجابُ لَهُ وهذا حالُهُ ؟! |
| 3. Lawful Earning |
| 31– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily a servant raises his hands to Allah [in supplication] while his food is unlawful! So how can his supplications be answered while he is in this state?!’[Irshad al-Qulub, no. 149] |
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32ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أطِبْ كَسبَكَ تُستَجَبْ دَعوَتُكَ ، فإنَّ الرّجلَ يَرفَعُ اللُّقْمَةَ إلى فِيهِ (حَراماً) فما تُستَجابُ له دَعوَةٌ أربَعينَ يوماً. |
| 32– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Make your earnings lawful and your supplication will be answered, for verily when a man raises an unlawful morsel of food to his mouth, his supplication is not answered for forty days.’[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 20, no. 2045] |
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33ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا أرَادَ أحدُكُم أن يُستَجابَ لَهُ فَليُطَيِّبْ كَسبَهُ ولْيَخرُجْ مِن مَظالِمِ الناسِ ، و إنَّ اللّهَ لا يُرفَعُ إلَيهِ دُعاءُ عبدٍ وفي بَطنِهِ حرامٌ أو عندَهُ مَظلِمَةٌ لِأحَدٍ مِن خَلقِهِ. |
| 33– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If any of you wants his supplication to be answered then he should make a lawful earning and stop wronging people, for verily the supplication of a servant who has unlawful food in his stomach or has wronged anyone from Allah’s creation will not be raised to Allah.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 321, no. 31] |
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4 ـ حضورُ القلبِ ورقّتُهُ عِندَ الدُّعاءِ |
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34ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): اِعلَموا أنّ اللّهَ لا يَستجيبُ دُعاءً مِن قلبٍ غافِلٍ لاهٍ. |
| 4. Presence of the Heart and its Tenderness During Supplication |
| 34– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Know that Allah does not answer supplication from a heedless and distracted heart.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 321, no. 31] |
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35ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): اغتَنِموا الدُّعاءَ عند الرِّقَّةِ فإنَّها رحمةٌ. |
| 35– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Seize the opportunity to supplicate during tenderness [of your heart] for verily it is a mercy.’[al-Da`awat, p. 30, no. 60] |
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36ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّهَ لا يَستَجِيبُ دُعاءً بظَهرِ قلبٍ قاسٍ . |
| 36– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah does not answer the supplication that comes from a hard heart.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 473, no. 1] |
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37ـ عنه (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا رَقَّ أحدُكُم فَليَدعُ ، فإنَّ القلبَ لا يَرِقُّ حَتّى يَخلُصَ . |
| 37– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘When any of you feels softness and compassion, then he should supplicate, for no sooner does the heart soften than it becomes pure and sincere.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 477, no. 5] |
