[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by Houri

You don't have to. Some people don't want to catch a cold, donchaknow! :P

You can't catch a cold from the rain...that's just a myth

[StrawBerry_ShOrtCake]

omg! i loooove this! mashallah! i can see you being one of the soon to be famous and most loved people on islamica inshallah! i love all your posts. keep it up!

[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by StrawBerry_ShOrtCake

omg! i loooove this! mashallah! i can see you being one of the soon to be famous and most loved people on islamica inshallah! i love all your posts. keep it up!

Yea like me

[StrawBerry_ShOrtCake]

Originally Posted by wheelworks

Yea like me

like you what lol?

[oFoShOuKnO]

Imam Taymiyyah said it best when speaking about why du'as don't get accepted:

"Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of tawhid and reaping the fruits of righteous actions."-Ibn Taymiyyah

[Ayooshi]

Originally Posted by Spice

"O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my tongue, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light behind me, light in front of me, light on my right, light on my left, light above me and light below me; place light in my sinew, in my flesh, in my blood, in my hair and in my skin; place light in my soul and make light abundant for me; make me light and grant me light."

Asalamu Alaiku,,

You learn that Dua at Al-Huda! haha....every morning...mashaAllah.

Fi AmanAllah

[Musashi]

Asallamu 'alaikum wa rahmatulLahi wa barakatuh

Jazaki Allahu khair, ukhtee, for the wonderful thread~!

You could get sick from the rain if you don't dry off quickly. xD

[oFoShOuKnO]

Salaam Aleykum,

one of my teachers from Chicago wrote this, thought it had some relevance:

There was once a man of humble existence who used to supplicate to Allah every single day with a great amount of zeal and sincerity. He would weep profusely during his prayers, singing the praises of the Most High, and calling upon His Majestic Names for his needs in the world. Every single day, without fail, he would do this, humbling himself in the midst of supplications, raising his arms to the sky and asking from his heart.

One day, a neighbor of this man who was a skeptic approached him and asked him: "I have seen you supplicating every day for dozens of years without fail. I have seen you spend many a day fasting, denying yourself of food and water, and many a night standing in prayer, denying yourself of the comfort of your bed. I have seen you call upon your Lord with humility and sincerity, begging and asking Him to fulfill your needs. You have done this for many years, but what have you gotten? What have your acts of worship earned you? Where is the answer to your supplications?"

Upon hearing these words, the man was deeply troubled, for indeed his neighbor had pointed out the obvious: that he, like the dutiful and obedient servant that he strove to be, had prayed for years and asked God to fulfill his various needs and desires of the world. He had not asked for much. He did not want the wealth of princes or the fame of generals but only enough to live comfortably. And wasn't his Lord's treasure endless? Surely, he was not asking for much and for Him to give what he had requested would not diminish him in the least. How could his Lord not respond to him all these years?

Sorely shaken and wearied, the man fell into a deep slumber. And as he dreamt that night, he was visited by the enigmatic Khidr, who asked him: "Why have you stopped praying when you have been praying all these nights for so many years?"

The man said: "What is the use? I have been praying for so many years and I have not gotten a single thing that I have asked for. I have done no wrong to anyone, I have not asked for much, and yet I have not received an answer to my supplications."

Khidr replied: "For all of those years that you humbled yourself before your Lord, every time you prayed and supplicated, you were at the door of His Mercy. You thought your prayers weren't answered. But did you not consider that if you were already at the door, what other position could you have wanted?"

And the man realized then that therein lay the answer to his prayers: it was the prayers themselves.
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Sometimes in life we often consider something to be a means to an end, not realizing that the means were an end all along.

[Houri]

Originally Posted by Musashi

Asallamu 'alaikum wa rahmatulLahi wa barakatuh

Jazaki Allahu khair, ukhtee, for the wonderful thread~!

You could get sick from the rain if you don't dry off quickly. xD

Wa iyyaki, aameen. =)

Yeah, but sometimes when we are in class or at a doctors app. and what not, we can't go outside and get soaked in the rain, ha-ha, that would be funny! "Hey doc, can this wait, I have to go get soaked in the rain!" Lmho! =) I am sure Allah will accept our du'aas whether we get wet or not.

Btw, you are very kind, so sweet. M'A.

Allahu 'Aalim!

[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by StrawBerry_ShOrtCake

like you what lol?

Like me being one of Islamica's most loveable posters of course

What with my bike and all

[Houri]

Originally Posted by oFoShOuKnO

Salaam Aleykum,

one of my teachers from Chicago wrote this, thought it had some relevance:

There was once a man of humble existence who used to supplicate to Allah every single day with a great amount of zeal and sincerity. He would weep profusely during his prayers, singing the praises of the Most High, and calling upon His Majestic Names for his needs in the world. Every single day, without fail, he would do this, humbling himself in the midst of supplications, raising his arms to the sky and asking from his heart.

One day, a neighbor of this man who was a skeptic approached him and asked him: "I have seen you supplicating every day for dozens of years without fail. I have seen you spend many a day fasting, denying yourself of food and water, and many a night standing in prayer, denying yourself of the comfort of your bed. I have seen you call upon your Lord with humility and sincerity, begging and asking Him to fulfill your needs. You have done this for many years, but what have you gotten? What have your acts of worship earned you? Where is the answer to your supplications?"

Upon hearing these words, the man was deeply troubled, for indeed his neighbor had pointed out the obvious: that he, like the dutiful and obedient servant that he strove to be, had prayed for years and asked God to fulfill his various needs and desires of the world. He had not asked for much. He did not want the wealth of princes or the fame of generals but only enough to live comfortably. And wasn't his Lord's treasure endless? Surely, he was not asking for much and for Him to give what he had requested would not diminish him in the least. How could his Lord not respond to him all these years?

Sorely shaken and wearied, the man fell into a deep slumber. And as he dreamt that night, he was visited by the enigmatic Khidr, who asked him: "Why have you stopped praying when you have been praying all these nights for so many years?"

The man said: "What is the use? I have been praying for so many years and I have not gotten a single thing that I have asked for. I have done no wrong to anyone, I have not asked for much, and yet I have not received an answer to my supplications."

Khidr replied: "For all of those years that you humbled yourself before your Lord, every time you prayed and supplicated, you were at the door of His Mercy. You thought your prayers weren't answered. But did you not consider that if you were already at the door, what other position could you have wanted?"

And the man realized then that therein lay the answer to his prayers: it was the prayers themselves.
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Sometimes in life we often consider something to be a means to an end, not realizing that the means were an end all along.

Maashaa'Allah. JAK for posting. Very nice! =)

[munky]

So ... what if two very sincere people are making directly contradicting du'aas?

What if Abdullah Doe was making duaa that he marries Maryam Smith but Maryam Smith is desperately making du'aa that she doesn't marry him?

What if Muhammed is making du'aa that his Muhammedistan wins the war against Ibrahimistan, and Ibrahim is making du'aa that Ibrahimistan wins the war?

[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by munky

So ... what if two very sincere people are making directly contradicting du'aas?

What if Abdullah Doe was making duaa that he marries Maryam Smith but Maryam Smith is desperately making du'aa that she doesn't marry him?

What if Muhammed is making du'aa that his Muhammedistan wins the war against Ibrahimistan, and Ibrahim is making du'aa that Ibrahimistan wins the war?

Who knows. Insha Allah what is best will happen.

Like if it's better that Maryam Smith marry Abdullah Doe then it'll happen insha Allah and then they'll live happily ever after
And if it's better that they not marry then they won't insha Allah and both will marry someone who suits them better and then they'll live happily ever after insha Allah =0D

[munky]

Of course that's true .. but I always wonder how people handle their du'aas NOT being accepted. A lot of times they never think about the greater picture .. they only think about what happens in their personal lives.

For a while I used to think that God was my own personal genie .. maybe not the best approach

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by munky

What if Abdullah Doe was making duaa that he marries Maryam Smith but Maryam Smith is desperately making du'aa that she doesn't marry him?

Why would she even have to make that dua?

All she has to do is say No.