What Should One Believe Regarding the Acceptance of Supplication?
Source: Fatāwā Amnapūrī by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amnapuri
What should one believe regarding the acceptance of supplication (duʿā)?
One must hold the belief that supplication is an effective means, and that Allah ﷻ accepts supplications, benefitting both the living and the deceased through it.
✿ Imām Ṭaḥṭāwī Ḥanafī رحمه الله (d. 1231 AH) states:
"اعلم أنه يجب الإيمان بأن الله تعالى يستجيب الدعاء ويعطيه به الرضا ويرد به القضاء وينفع به الأحياء والأموات، دل على ذلك الآيات القاطعة والأحاديث المتواترة."
“Know that it is obligatory to believe that Allah ﷻ accepts supplications, grants His pleasure in return for it, averts divine decree through it, and benefits both the living and the dead by means of it. This is established through decisive Qur'anic verses and widely transmitted (mutawātir) Hadiths.”
(Ḥāshiyah al-Ṭaḥṭāwī, p. 15)
① Supplication is a means that has real effect.
② Allah ﷻ accepts supplications.
③ Through duʿā, Allah grants His pleasure.
④ Divine decree may be repelled due to duʿā.
⑤ The living and the deceased both benefit through it.
⑥ This belief is supported by clear-cut Qur’anic evidence and mutawātir ḥadīths.
Source: Fatāwā Amnapūrī by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amnapuri
❖ Question:
What should one believe regarding the acceptance of supplication (duʿā)?
❖ Answer:
One must hold the belief that supplication is an effective means, and that Allah ﷻ accepts supplications, benefitting both the living and the deceased through it.
✿ Imām Ṭaḥṭāwī Ḥanafī رحمه الله (d. 1231 AH) states:
"اعلم أنه يجب الإيمان بأن الله تعالى يستجيب الدعاء ويعطيه به الرضا ويرد به القضاء وينفع به الأحياء والأموات، دل على ذلك الآيات القاطعة والأحاديث المتواترة."
“Know that it is obligatory to believe that Allah ﷻ accepts supplications, grants His pleasure in return for it, averts divine decree through it, and benefits both the living and the dead by means of it. This is established through decisive Qur'anic verses and widely transmitted (mutawātir) Hadiths.”
(Ḥāshiyah al-Ṭaḥṭāwī, p. 15)
Key Belief Points:
① Supplication is a means that has real effect.
② Allah ﷻ accepts supplications.
③ Through duʿā, Allah grants His pleasure.
④ Divine decree may be repelled due to duʿā.
⑤ The living and the deceased both benefit through it.
⑥ This belief is supported by clear-cut Qur’anic evidence and mutawātir ḥadīths.
