- 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.
Twenty Nine: His Supplication When Provision was Stinted
Twenty Nine: His Supplication When Provision was Stinted
اللّهُمّ إِنّكَ ابْتَلَيْتَنَا فِي أَرْزَاقِنَا بِسُوءِ الظّنّ، وَ فِي آجَالِنَا بِطُولِ الْأَمَلِ حَتّى الْتَمَسْنَا أَرْزَاقَكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ، وَ طَمِعْنَا بِآمَالِنَا فِي أَعْمَارِ الْمُعَمّرِينَ. فَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ هَبْ لَنَا يَقِيناً صَادِقاً تَكْفِينَا بِهِ مِنْ مَئُونَةِ الطّلَبِ، وَ أَلْهِمْنَا ثِقَةً خَالِصَةً تُعْفِينَا بِهَا مِنْ شِدّةِ النّصَبِ وَ اجْعَلْ مَا صَرّحْتَ بِهِ مِنْ عِدَتِكَ فِي وَحْيِكَ، وَ أَتْبَعْتَهُ مِنْ قَسَمِكَ فِي كِتَابِكَ، قَاطِعاً لِاهْتِمَامِنَا بِالرّزْقِ الّذِي تَكَفّلْتَ بِهِ، وَ حَسْماً لِلِاشْتِغَالِ بِمَا ضَمِنْتَ الْكِفَايَةَ لَهُ فَقُلْتَ وَ قَوْلُكَ الْحَقّ الْأَصْدَقُ، وَ أَقْسَمْتَ وَ قَسَمُكَ الْأَبَرّ الْأَوْفَى وَ فِي السّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَ مَا تُوعَدُونَ. ثُمّ قُلْتَ فَوَ رَبّ السّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِنّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ.
O God,
Thou hast tried us with distrust in our provisions and the expectation of long lives, until we begged for provisions from those who are provided and craved in our expectations the life-spans of the long-lived! So bless Muhammad and his Household, give us a true certainty that will suffice us the burden of seeking, and inspire us with a sincere trust that will release us from the hardship of exertion! Let Thy clear promise in Thy Revelation which Thou hast followed in Thy Book with Thy oath cut off our worry about the provision for which Thou hast made Thyself responsible and sever our occupation with everything whose sufficiency Thou hast guaranteed! For Thou hast said - and Thy word is the most truthful truth - and Thou hast sworn - and Thy oath is the most kept and fulfilled - In the heaven are your provision and everything you are promised! And then Thou hast said, So by the Lord of heaven and earth, it is as surely true as that you have speech!
Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyyah, p. 136