The Conditions for a Supplication to Be Accepted

Question

I am in debt and have tried every practice (‘amal), [yet] at the court of Allah, the Lord of might, none of my supplications is accepted and no practice is accepted. You too once told me this supplication: [ar]اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ[/ar] “O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have made unlawful, and by Your bounty make me independent of all besides You.

Answer

Whoever says, “My supplication is not accepted,” Allah Most High indeed does not accept his supplication; therefore never say such a thing. From Allah Most High a time is appointed for everything, and everything happens at its time; therefore one should not demand haste, but should understand that in whatever delay is occurring in the acceptance of the supplication there is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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