Maryam Amir – Waiting for dua to be accepted after years

Maryam Amir
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The speaker discusses their experience with duels, including their experience with duels in their past. They explain that duels can be difficult to achieve and that they may miss their deserved moments. They also mention that duels can be difficult to achieve and that they may miss their deserved moments.
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I would just say a year is still

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a really short amount of time.

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Masha'Allah, Tabarak Allah, may Allah bless your

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du'a with being answered in an even

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better way than you're making it.

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But when I was making du'a in

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so many different instances of my life, I'm

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gonna tell you one particular one.

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It took eight years for that du'a

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to be answered.

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I would make du'a in every sajda,

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every time it rained.

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I would make du'a when I was

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traveling, when I was fasting.

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I would fast praying that this du'a

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would be answered.

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When I went for Umrah, I made du

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'a in every single one, in tahajjud, in

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every single one of the possible timings that...

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Of course, du'a is always answered when

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you are intentional and sincere and coming to

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Allah, but there are extra answered times of

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du'a.

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And for one year after another, I didn't

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see that du'a answered.

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And in fact, I saw the opposite of

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my du'a at times.

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But eight years into making the same du

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'a, all of a sudden, I remember I

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was in my room, I got the answer.

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And I went into sajda immediately.

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And the reason I went into sajda bawling

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was not actually specifically because my du'a

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was answered, even though, of course, the gratitude

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and relief of that overwhelmed me.

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But it was because it took that moment

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for me to look back at every single

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time a door was closed for eight years

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and to realize that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa

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Ta-A'la knew my future and that

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He closed the doors that would not have

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answered this du'a in the best way

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and in the best time for me so

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that I could be in this moment, so

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that He answered it in the best time

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and in the best way.

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And Imam al-Ghazali, he speaks about how

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we have to train our souls to know

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that if we were able to see the

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future, we would not choose a different outcome

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than what Allah chose for us.

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He knows you better than you know you.

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He knows your future and your hereafter better

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than you do.

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So if there is a delay, know that

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every du'a you are making is still

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a protection.

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Maybe that car that almost hit you that

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didn't was because of the du'a that

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you made yesterday or a month ago or

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six months ago.

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Maybe the sickness that was shortened was because

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of the du'a that you made.

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Maybe someone receiving a blessed news in your

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life, even though you didn't pray specifically for

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that, was because of the du'a that

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you made.

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Allah answers every du'a either by removing

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something harmful, by giving it to you in

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the hereafter, by bringing it in a better

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way than you could imagine or at a

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different time.

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When you are sincere and you turn to

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Allah in du'a, He promises He's listening

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and that He will answer you.

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And I also promise you that there is

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nothing sweeter than the desperation of those tears

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when you go to Allah and you're calling

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out from the cracks of your shattered heart.

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Allah, the closest that you feel in those

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moments, is a sweetness that you may miss.

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So have faith.

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Be confident that Allah will answer your du

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'a in the best way.

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