48. Duʿā (Supplications)
٤٨۔ كتاب الدعوات
“Ask Allah of His Bounty. For verily, Allah the Mighty and Sublime, loves to be asked, and the best of worship is awaiting relief.”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُسْأَلَ وَأَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَةِ انْتِظَارُ الْفَرَجِ
“O Allah, indeed I seek refuge in You from laziness, helpless old age, and stinginess (Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-kasali wal-ʿajzi wal-bukhl).” And with this chain, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he used to seek refuge from senility and the punishment of the grave.
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَبِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ الْهَرَمِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
Every dua is answered in one way or another
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “There is not a Muslim upon the earth who makes a dua to Allah with any supplication, except that Allah either (1) grants it to him, or (2) He turns away from him the like of it in evil; as long as he does not supplicate for something sinful, or the severing of the ties of kinship.”
So a man from the people said: “What if we increase [our duas]?” He ﷺ said: “[With] Allah is more.”
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ مُسْلِمٌ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ بِدَعْوَةٍ إِلاَّ (١) آتَاهُ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهَا أَوْ (٢) صَرَفَ عَنْهُ مِنَ السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا؛ مَا لَمْ يَدْعُ بِمَأْثَمٍ أَوْ قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ».
فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ: إِذًا نُكْثِرَ؟ قَالَ: «اللَّهُ أَكْثَرُ».