Impatience in Prayer is Destructive — 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 Impatience in Prayer is Destructive.

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. 97–98 (PDF pp. 115–116)
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Historical Account

Then the Holy Prophetsa states:

ْ وَفِیْ رِوَایَةٍ مَا لَم2 یُسْ تَجَابُ لِاَحَدِكُمْ مَا لَمْ یَعْجَلْ یَقُوْلُ دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ یُسْ تَجِ بْ لِیْ ۔

َیَسْ تَعْجِ لْ قِیْلَ یَا رَسُوْلَ اللّٰهِ مَا الْاِسْ تِعْجَالُ قَالَ يَقُولُ قَدْ دَعَوْتُ وَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ �َأر

َيَسْ تَجِ يبُ لِي فَيَسْ تَحْسِرُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَيَدَعُ الدُّعَاء

“Long lasting patience and steadfastness is required in prayer and an individual who does not show impatience, ultimately receives the fruit of his prayer. However, if he begins to tire and say that, ‘I have prayed much, but Allāh has not heard me’ and then with this thought, he abandons prayer all together, then in actuality, the prayer of such an individual is not accepted.”

[Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābudh-Dhikri Wad-Du‘ā’i…, Bābu Annahū Yustajābu Lid-Dā‘ī Mā Lam Ya‘jal…, Ḥadīth No. 6936]

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: [Three Probable Cases of the Acceptance of Prayer] | Next: [The Prayer of a Negligent Heart is not Accepted] »