Three Probable Cases of the Acceptance of Prayer — Seal of the Prophets Vol. 3
Introduction
In this discourse from The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3), Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra) details the historical events and scholarly insights surrounding Three Probable Cases of the Acceptance of Prayer.
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra)
Section: III – Concept of the Acceptance of Prayer in Islam
Pages: Book pp. 96–97 (PDF pp. 114–115)
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Historical Account
Then, the Holy Prophetsa states:
مَا مِنْ مُسْ لِمٍ يَدْعُو بِدَعْوَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا اِثْمٌ وَلَا قَطِيعَةُ رَحِمٍ اِلَّا �َأعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا اِحْدَى
ْثَلَاثٍ اِمَّا �َأنْ تُعَجَّلَ لَهُ دَعْوَتُهُ وَ اِمَّا �َأنْ يَدَّخِرَهَا لَهُ فِي الْ�آخِرَةِ وَ اِمَّا �َأنْ يَصْ رِفَ عَنْهُ مِن
ُالسُّ وءِ مِثْلَهَا قَالُوا اِذًا نُكْثِرُ قَالَ اللَّهُ اَكْثَر
“When a Muslim makes a prayer to God, on the condition that this prayer is not based on sin or the severing of ties of kinship, God most definitely accepts it in one out of three possible cases. In other words, firstly, He accepts it as such in this very world; secondly, He accumulates it for the supplicant in the hereafter; thirdly if its acceptance is contradictory to a Divine custom or wisdom, He alleviates a similar suffering or evil from the supplicant.”
[Jami’ut-Tirmidhī, Volume 2, p. 201, Kitābud-Da‘awāt, Qadīmī Kutub Khānah, Ārām Bāgh, Karachi * Musnad, By Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, Volume 4, pp. 48-49, Musnadu Abī Sa‘īdin Al-Khudriyyi, Ḥadīth No. 9137, ‘Ālamul-Kutub, Beirut (1998)]
With the existence of these three possibilities, who can claim that prayers are not accepted?
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3)
Section: III – Concept of the Acceptance of Prayer in Islam | Navigation: « Previous: [The Prayer of a Believer can Even Alter Divine Decree] | Next: [Impatience in Prayer is Destructive] »