ما يَنبَغي عَلَى الدَّاعي تَركُهُ What the Supplicant Must Not Do

1 ـ الدُّعاءُ لِما لا يَكونُ ولا يَحِلُّ

64ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يا صاحِبَ الدُّعاءِ ، لا تَسأل عَمّا لا يَكونُ ولا يَحِلُّ .

1. Supplication for the Impossible and the Impermissible
64– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘O supplicant, do not ask for the impossible and the impermissible.’[al-Khisal, p. 635, no. 10]
 

2 ـ الاِستِعجالُ

65ـ الكافي عن أبي بصير عن الإمام الصّادق (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يَزالُ المُؤمِنُ بِخَيرٍ ورَجاءٍ رَحمَةً مِنَ اللّه‏ِ ما لَم يَستَعجِلْ فَيَقنَطُ وَيَترُكُ الدُّعاءَ . قُلتُ لَهُ: كَيفَ يَستَعجِلُ؟ قالَ: يَقولُ: قَد دَعَوتُ مُنذُ كَذا وكَذا وما أرَى الإجابَةَ!

2. To Seek a Hasty Response
65– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The believer continues to remain in goodness, comfort, and mercy from Allah as long as he does not seek a hasty response, then despair and abandon supplication as a consequence’. The Im?m was asked, ‘How does he hasten?’, to which he (AS) replied, ‘He says, ‘I have supplicated since such and such a time and I do not yet see an answer.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 374, no. 16]
 

3 ـ أنْ لا يُعَلِّمَ اللّه‏َ ما يُصلِحُهُ

66ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): قالَ اللّه‏ُ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى: يابنَ آدَمَ ، أطِعْني فيما أمَرتُكَ ، ولا تُعَلِّمْني ما يُصلِحُكَ.

3. Do Not Instruct Allah about What is Good for You
66– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah, Blessed and most High, has said, ‘O son of Adam, obey Me in what I have commanded, and do not instruct Me about what is good for you.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 178, no. 24]