Will you explain the following statement: "There is no prayer that cannot be accepted; there are people who do not deserve"?
Dear Brother / Sister,
The statement above has a true aspect:
Allah’s laws encompass the universe. The general decree of the following verse includes everybody, believers and unbelievers young and old: "That man can have nothing but what he strives for." (an-Najm, 53/39)
If a person who wants to achieve something in this world acts in compliance with the laws of adatullah, he will achieve it. There is no difference between a Muslim and an unbeliever regarding the issue. Therefore, a person who prays to Allah to achieve something should also act in compliance with the laws Allah imposed in order to succeed. Otherwise, he cannot achieve what he wants.
Prayer (dua) is also a deed of worship; a person who prays receives the thawab of worship. He will be rewarded for it in the hereafter.
Questions on Islam
- "That man can have nothing but what he strives for." Will you explain this verse? Is it valid for all kinds of works? Is man given exactly the reward of what he does?
- How did Allah allow the prophets to be killed?
- Is it haram to work in alcoholic drinks sector?
- What can be done as charity, prayer and favor for a dead person? What supplications and chapters along with the chapter of Yasin should be read to decrease a dead person’s penalty in the grave?
- What can be done as charity, prayer and favor for a dead person? What supplications and chapters along with the chapter of Yasin should be read to decrease a dead person’s penalty in the grave?
- What is tawakkul? What should it be like?
- Will you give information about animals’ obtaining their sustenance and the wisdom behind the violence among animals? Will the oppression and cruelty among animals be left unpunished? Why do our Lord show consent to it?
- Are there any repentance prayers (duas) taught by the Prophet (PBUH)? What prayer should we say when we repent?
- Why do some people remain unemployed for a long time and why can they not eat their fill and why do they go hungry for days if Allah is supposed to give sustenance to His slaves? How can it be explained?
- Ramadan from the tongue of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
