- Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&HF): Whenever one of you is needy and brings that to other people, he will not be satisfied. and Whenever someone is needy and brings that to Lord, he shall give him what he wants. sooner or later.
- Imam Sadiq (As.): Whenever you had tenderness in your heart, Pray. because your heart doesn't get tender unless it's pure.
- I told to Imam Baqir (A.S): “What is the meaning of “truly, Ibrahim was awwah and patient”? He replied: “Awwah means (the one who is) praying (to) and wailing (for God) a lot.””
- “Two people, who have acted alike, enter the heaven, but one of them sees the other one in a higher place. Then, he says: O’ Lord! How come has he a superior place in comparison to me while we acted alike? God the Almighty replies: “because he asked Me (whatever he needed) and you did not do that”.
- “The most knowledgeable person to God is the one who asks more from Him”
- “Whoever prays a lot, the angels say: This voice is familiar (to us) and this is the supplication which is accepted and this is the need which is provided”
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The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household):
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وَ لَوْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللَّهَ حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِهِ لَزَالَتِ الْجِبَالُ بِدُعَائِكُم
If you knew god the way you should’ve known, Mountains definitely will be moved by your supplications. - Crying out of fear of God is the key to his mercy, it’s a sign for his acceptance and it’s a door to answering [supplications]
- Pray to God and believe in his answeres. But understand that God won't accept prays from an unwitting oblivious heart.
When Making a Request From the Authority
O Mohammad, and if he has a request from that ruler, he should say:
يَا مَنْ هُوَ أَوْلَى بِهَذَا مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ يَا أَقْرَبَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ وَ يَا أَعْلَمَ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ وَ يَا رَازِقَهُ مِمَّا هُوَ فِي يَدَيْهِ مِمَّا أَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ إِلَيْكَ أَطْلُبُ وَ بِكَ أَتَشَفَّعُ لِنَجَاحِ حَاجَتِي، فَخُذْ لِي حِينَ أُكَلِّمُهُ بِقَلْبِهِ فَاغْلِبْهُ لِي حَتَّى أَبْتَزَّ مِنْهُ حَوَائِجِي كُلَّهَا بِلاَ امْتِنَاع مِنْهُ وَ لاَ مَنّ وَ لاَ رَدّ وَ لاَ فَظَاظَة، يَا حَيّاً فِي غِنًى لاَ تَمُوتُ وَ لاَتُبْلَى، أَمِتْ قَلْبَهُ عَنْ رَدِّي بِلاَ قَضَاءِ الْحَاجَةِ وَ اقْضِ لِي طَلِبَتِي فِي الَّذِي قِبَلَهُ، وَ خُذْهُ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ أَخْذَ عَزِيز مُقْتَدِر بِحَقِّ قُدْرَتِكَ الَّتِي غَلَبْتَ بِهَا الْعَالَمِينَ.
O One who is more deserving to this person than himself, and O Closer to him than his own heart, and O More-Knowledgeable about him than others, and O Provider of what he needs from what is in his hands, of what I need from him, I seek from You and through You I intercede for my request to be fulfilled. So, take him by his heart [control his heart] for me when I speak to, overpower him for me until I extract from him all my needs without refusal, lording, rejection, or harshness. O Ever-Living in wealth, who never dies and never becomes afflicted, turn his heart dead from rejecting me without fulfilling my need, and fulfill my request with what he possesses. Take it for me in a manner befitting, mighty and powerful, by the right of Your power with which You have dominated the worlds.
For indeed, when he says that, I decree his request even if it is in the soul of the person whom he is asking from.
Bihar Al-Anwar (ed. - Beirut), vol. 92, p. 311