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and persists in supplication, without growing impatient for a response.
138—Before going out for it, one should undertake the means that ward off evil and bring down mercy:
1—seeking forgiveness;
2—repentance;
3—redressing the wrongs one has committed;
4—showing kindness to others; and
5—other means that Allah has made causes of mercy and safeguards against punishment. And Allah knows best1.
(1) An addition found in manuscripts “B” and “T.”
وَيُلِحُّ فِي اَلدُّعَاءِ،
وَلَا يَسْتَبْطِئُ اَلْإِجَابَةَ.
١٣٨- وَيَنْبَغِي قَبْلَ اَلْخُرُوجِ إِلَيْهَا: فِعْلُ اَلْأَسْبَابِ اَلَّتِي تَدْفَعُ اَلشَّرَّ وَتُنْزِلُ اَلرَّحْمَةَ:
١- كَالِاسْتِغْفَارِ،
٢- وَالتَّوْبَةِ،
٣- وَالْخُرُوجِ مِنْ المظالم،
٤- والإحسان إلى الخلق،
٥- وَغَيْرِهَا مِنْ اَلْأَسْبَابِ اَلَّتِي جَعَلَهَا اَللَّهُ جَالِبَةً للرحمة، دافعة للنقمة، والله أعلم١.
١ زيادة من: "ب، ط".