Why Our
Prayers Are Not Answered
from Brother Mukhtar's class in Albany,
NY
Once, a group of people gathered around
Ibraheem ibn Adham and said "Allah says in the Quran 'Call upon me and
I will answer you.' Why has he not answered?" Ibraheem said:
"Oh people of Basra, you have died in ten things:
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You recognize Allah, but do not give Him His
due right
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You read the book of Allah, but do not act
according to it
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You claim to have loved Rasulullah(s), but
have turned away from his sunnah
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You claim to acknowledge the enmity of Shaytan
to you, but you agree with him in actions
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You say you love Jannah, but you do not work
for it
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You say you fear Jahannum, but you have retained
yourself inside it
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You acknowledge the reality of death, but
you do not prepare for it
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You keep yourself busy with the defects of
others, but you put your own defects (hidden) behind your backs
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You consume of the bounty of your Lord, but
did not express gratitude
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You bury your dead and do not learn a lesson
from it"
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