Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Simak bin Fazl narrates that Hazrat Wahb bin Munabbih said: The example of a person who supplicates without acting is like someone who shoots an arrow without a bow.

Hazrat Malik bin Harith narrates: Hazrat Rabee’ used to come to Hazrat Alqamah on Fridays. Hazrat Malik says: Once he came and there was no one present there, then a man came and said: Are you not amazed at the abundance of people making supplications and the fewness of their supplications being accepted? Upon this, Hazrat Rabee’ said: Do you know the reason for this? Listen! Surely Allah Almighty accepts only the supplication that is made with sincerity. Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Yazid narrates: When I came there, Hazrat Alqamah informed me about this statement of Hazrat Rabee’, so I said to Hazrat Rabee’: Have you not heard the saying of Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him)? He asked: What is his saying? Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Yazid said: Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Him besides whom there is no deity, Allah Almighty does not listen to the call of a heedless person, nor the call of a show-off, nor the call of one who is playing, nor the call of one who merely calls, but He listens to the supplication of the one who supplicates from the depths of his heart.

31237 - [قال عبد الرحمن بن يزيد: فلما جئت أخبرني علقمة بقول ربيع، فقلت له: أما سمعت قول عبد اللَّه؟ قال: وما ذاك؟ قال: قال عبد اللَّه] (1): By Him besides Whom there is no deity, Allah does not listen to one who hears, nor to an arguer, nor to one who plays, nor to a supplicant except a supplicant who calls with firmness from his heart (3).

Hazrat A'mash narrates that Hazrat Malik bin Harith, while relating a Hadith Qudsi, said: Allah Almighty says: Whoever is so engrossed in My remembrance that he becomes neglectful of asking (from Me), I grant him more than all those who ask.

Hazrat Bakr bin Abdullah Al-Muzani says: Hazrat Abu Zar stated: Good deeds are needed with supplication just as salt is needed in food.

Hazrat Amr bin Murrah narrates a marfu’ hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) related a Hadith Qudsi: Whoever is so occupied with My remembrance that he is distracted from asking Me, I grant him more than all those who ask. That is, Allah the Exalted grants more.