140 - الدعاء

140. SUPPLICATION

685 - فَضلُ الدُّعاءِ

685. THE VIRTUE OF SUPPLICATION

(قُل ما يَعْبَأُ بِكُم رَبِّي لَولا دُعاؤُكُم فَقَد كَذَّبتُم فَسَوفَ يَكونُ لِزاماً) .¹

"Say, 'What store my Lord would set by you were it not for your supplication? But you impugned [me and my advice] so that will continue to haunt you." ²

(وَقالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادعُونِي أَستَجِبْ لَكُمْ إنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ داخِرِينَ) .³

"Your Lord has said, 'Call Me, and I will hear you[r supplications]!' Indeed those who are disdainful of My worship will enter hell in utter humility." ⁴

2084.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الدُّعاءُ مُخُّ العِبادَةِ ، ولا يَهلِكُ مَعَ الدُّعاءِ أحَدٌ .⁵

2084.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Supplication is the essence of worship and no one who supplicates will be destroyed.' ⁶

2085.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الدُّعاءُ سِلاحُ المُؤمِنِ وَعَمودُ الدّينِ وَنورُ السَّماواتِ والأرضِ .⁷

2085.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Supplication is the weapon of the believer, the pillar of religion, and the light of the heavens and the earth.' ⁸

2086.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ أعجَزَ النّاسِ مَن عَجَزَ عَنِ الدُّعاءِ .⁹

2086.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily the weakest person is the one who is incapable of supplicating.' ¹⁰

2087.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أفضَلُ العِبادَةِ الدُّعاءُ ، فإذا أذِنَ اللَّهُ لِلعَبدِ في الدُّعاءِ فَتَحَ لَهُ بابَ الرَّحمَةِ ، إنّهُ لَن يَهلِكَ مَعَ الدُّعاءِ أحَدٌ .¹¹

2087.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best worship is supplication, for when Allah gives permission [and divine succour] for His servant to supplicate, He opens for him the door of mercy. Surely the one who supplicates will never be destroyed.' ¹²

2088.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في وَصِيَّتِهِ لِابنِهِ الحَسَنِ عليه السلام - : اِعلَمْ أنَّ الَّذي بِيَدِهِ خَزائنُ مَلَكُوتِ الدُّنيا وَالآخِرَةِ قَد أذِنَ لِدُعائكَ ، وتَكَفَّلَ لِإجابَتِكَ ، وَأمَرَكَ أن تَسألَهُ لِيُعطِيَكَ ، وَهُوَ رَحيمٌ كَريمٌ ، لَم يَجعَلْ بَينَكَ وَبَينَهُ مَن يَحجُبُكَ عَنهُ ، وَلَم يُلْجِئْكَ إلى‏ مَن يَشفَعُ لَكَ إلَيهِ ... ثُمَّ جَعَلَ في يَدِكَ مَفاتيحَ خَزائنِهِ بِما أذِنَ فيهِ مِن مَسألَتِهِ ، فَمَتى‏ شِئتَ استَفتَحتَ بِالدُّعاءِ أبوابَ خَزائنِهِ .¹³

2088.Imam Ali (AS) said in his counsel to his son Hasan (AS), 'Know that the one in whose hands are the treasures of the kingdom of this world and the Hereafter has allowed you to supplicate, He has guaranteed to answer you, He has commanded you to ask Him so He can give you, and He is the All-Merciful, the Kind. He has not placed any barrier between Him and you, He has not committed you to whoever intercedes for you... then He has placed in your hands the keys to His treasures by allowing you to ask from Him, so whenever you wish, open the doors of His treasures by supplicating to Him.' ¹⁴

2089.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الدُّعاءُ مِفتاحُ الرَّحمَةِ وَمِصباحُ الظُّلمَةِ .¹⁵

2089.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Supplication is the key to mercy and a lantern in the darkness.' ¹⁶

2090.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أحَبُّ الأعمالِ إلى‏ اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ فِي الأرضِ الدُّعاءُ .¹⁷

2090.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most beloved action on this earth with Allah - Mighty and Exalted - is supplication.' ¹⁸

2091.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الدُّعاءُ تُرْسُ المُؤمِنِ .¹⁹

2091.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Supplication is the shield of the believer.' ²⁰

2092.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : عَلَيكَ بِالدُّعاءِ ، فإنَّ فيهِ شِفاءً مِن كُلِّ داءٍ .²¹

2092.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'I urge you to supplicate, for verily in supplication is a cure for every ailment.' ²²

2093.الكافي عن ميسّر بن عبد العزيز عن أبي عبد اللَّه عليه السلام : قال لي : يا ميسّر اُدعُ ولا تَقُلْ : إنَّ الأمرَ قَد فُرِغَ مِنهُ ، إنَّ عِندَ اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ مَنزِلَةً لا تُنالُ إلّا بِمَسألَةٍ.²³

2093.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Supplicate and do not say, "the matter has already been decreed", for verily there is a station with Allah that can only be attained through supplication.' ²⁴

2094.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الدُّعاءُ أنفَذُ مِنَ السِّنانِ الحَديدِ .²⁵

2094.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Supplication is more useful than a sharp iron spearhead.' ²⁶

2095.الكافي عن الإمامِ الرِّضا عليه السلام : عَلَيكُم بِسِلاحِ الأنبِياءِ . فَقيلَ : وما سِلاحُ الأنبِياءِ؟ قالَ : الدُّعاءُ .²⁷

2095.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'I urge you to use the weapon of the prophets', upon which he was asked, 'What is the weapon of the prophets?', to which he replied, 'Supplication.' ²⁸