Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (2/106)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

Among the circumstances in which a Muslim is especially likely to have his supplication accepted and answered is when he supplicates while fasting. Al-Bayhaqī relates from Anas—may Allah be pleased with him—a report traced back to the Prophet: “Three supplications are not rejected: the supplication of a parent, the supplication of a fasting person, and the supplication of a traveler.”1.

Likewise, when a Muslim has entered the state of ihrām and is journeying to the House of his Lord to perform Hajj or Umrah, this is among the causes for supplication being answered. Ibn Mājah relates in his Sunan, as do others, with a sound chain of transmission, from Abdullāh ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The warrior in Allah’s cause, the pilgrim performing Hajj, and the pilgrim performing Umrah are Allah’s guests. He called them and they answered His call; they asked of Him and He granted them.”2.

The best time for a pilgrim to supplicate is on the Day of Arafah. It is a day when supplications are answered, failings are pardoned, hardships are relieved, and those in distress are rescued. It is established in a hadith that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The best supplication is the supplication made on the Day of Arafah, and the best words that I and the prophets before me have uttered are: ‘There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is all praise, and He has power over all things.’”3. For on this blessed day, people are enveloped by such faith, tranquility, reverence, and humility that it becomes a cause for their supplications to be accepted

(1) Al-Sunan al-Kubrā by al-Bayhaqī, 3/345. Al-Albānī, may Allah have mercy on him, authenticated it in al-Sahīhah, no. 1797. (2) Sunan Ibn Mājah, hadith no. 2893; and Sahīh Ibn Hibbān, hadith no. 4613. Al-Albānī, may Allah have mercy on him, graded it hasan in al-Sahīhah, no. 1820. (3) Sunan al-Tirmidhī, hadith no. 3585. Al-Albānī, may Allah have mercy on him, graded it hasan in al-Sahīhah, 4/7–8, on account of its multiple chains and corroborating reports.

ومِن الأحوال التي يكون فيها المسلمُ حريًّا بالقبول وإجابة الدعاء، دعوته حال صيامِه، فقد روى البيهقي من حديث أنس ﵁ مرفوعاً: " ثلاثُ دعواتٍ لا تُردُّ: دعوةُ الوالد، ودعوةُ الصائم، ودعوة المسافر "١. وكذلك عندما يكون المسلمُ متلبِّساً بإحرامه قاصداً بيتَ ربِّه، يريد الحجَّ أو العمرةَ، فإنَّ هذا من أسبابِ إجابةِ الدعاء، روى ابنُ ماجه في سننه وغيرُه بإسناد حسن عن عبد الله بن عمر ﵄، عن النبي ﷺ قال: " الغازي في سبيل الله والحاجُّ والمعتمرُ وَفْدُ الله، دعاهم فأجابوه، وسألوه فأعطاهم "٢. وأفضلُ ما يكون الدعاء للحاج يوم عرفة، فهو يوم إجابة الدعوات، وإقالةِ العثرات، وتفريج الكربات، وإغاثةِ الملهوفين، وقد ثبت في الحديث عن النبي ﷺ أنَّه قال: " خيرُ الدعاء دعاء يوم عرفة وخير ما قلتُه أنا والنبيُّون من قبلي لا إله إلاَّ الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كلِّ شيء قدير "٣؛ إذ في هذا اليوم المبارك يَغشى الناسَ من الإيمان والطمأنينةِ والخشوع والخضوع ما يكون سبباً لقبول دعواتِهم

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