Mustafa Khattab – Why Dua Is Not Answered

Hey. It's a beautiful day, but I'm not

happy.

Why are you not happy? Because some of

you are not behaving when it is time

for salah.

It seems we're gonna start sending some of

you to the principal's office. Yeah. We're not.

I think we have to do this because,

some people were pushing each other, they were

laughing and jumping. Even in the second raka,

we're in the middle of the salah, and

people were jumping and running, and and this

is not accepted. And I think you promised

me yesterday that you're gonna pray properly. So,

tomorrow is your last chance. If I see

misbehavior,

principal's office,

Anyone? Anyone?

No. Those who misbehave, inshallah. So today, inshallah,

we'll continue our discussion about dua. We mentioned

yesterday that dua is a very powerful tool.

When you raise your hands and ask Allah

to give you something, or you have a

problem and you ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

to make it easy for you, Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala will answer your dua. Especially when

you make dua for other people, they are

in a difficulty,

and you cannot help them financially or any

in any other way, so at least raise

your hand and say, you Allah help them,

you Allah make it easy for them, and

Allah

will give you the reward for your dua.

And as we mentioned, if you ever face

any difficulty,

ask your parents to make dua for you

because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would most likely

answer their dua.

But, sometimes there is a problem.

We make dua and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

doesn't answer the dua.

Sometimes some of us make dua, and they

are desperate, and Allah doesn't answer their dua.

And there are a few reasons.

Number 1,

if we're not behaving or if we're doing

something haram, or we're eating from haram. Now

let's say for example if there is

a thief, someone who steals money from people,

or someone who sells drugs or alcohol or

any other Haram item, and they make dua

to Allah. Do you think Allah would answer

their dua? Yeah. There is actually a hadith

from the prophet

and, someone will go for the Hajj, and

they travel for weeks or months,

and they go and

they make dua, and they raise their hands,

and they say,

And the Prophet

said,

How can Allah answer their dua? They are

eating from haram.

They are doing haram things all the time.

They're committing haram things, sins. How can Allah

answer them? So if you want Allah to

answer your dua, you have to eat from

halal.

And some of the sahaba,

they said that Allah answered their dua all

the time because they were eating from halal

resources. They were not doing the haram

things. So this is number 1.

Number 2,

if you make an unacceptable dua'a, like say

for example, you have a friend and Allah

bless their family with money, They have a

huge house.

You know, they live a very comfortable life,

and you're very jealous of them, and you

make dua' that Allah will destroy him and

his family.

You Allah, burn their house to the ground.

You Allah, take them. I hope their car

will break down in the middle of the

highway, and, you know,

a flood will destroy it. Something like this.

This is called

in dua.

You're committing aggression in du'a, and Allah doesn't

answer this.

Especially if you're making du'a against someone who

is decent and they're good, how can Allah

answer such a du'a?

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in Surah Alaf,

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, make dua to

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

with devotion,

with sincerity,

but don't make transgression

in dua.

Sometimes,

in the Jumah Khutba, some of the khatibs,

they say, You Allah destroy

America,

destroy Europe, destroy Australia,

destroy Canada.

We are living in Canada. If Allah were

to answer your dua and destroy us, Anatolia

will be destroyed, or main gate will be

destroyed.

And there are so many innocent people,

non Muslims who live in these countries, and

there are decent people.

Whenever there's a flood in a Muslim country,

in Pakistan, or there is a problem in

a Muslim country,

they send donations, and they're trying to help.

So now you are making Dua to destroy

them. I remember one time I was in

Egypt, and the Khatib was, giving a talk,

and at the end of the talk he

was making Dua against a particular non Muslim

country, and he said, you Allah destroy them,

all of them.

And the brother next to me was from

that country, and he's he was not happy,

and he said, You look, the khalib is

making dua against my mother,

and my mother is a good woman, she

she's not harming anyone, why is he making

dua against everyone?

Right?

So, if someone did something wrong to you,

maybe make Dua for Hidayah for them, that

Allah will give them Hidayah, so they don't

bother you anymore. Right? So this is also

another way that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala does

not answer a Dua.

Number 3, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

may delay

the answer to the Dua or maybe He

will not answer in this dunya.

So, say for example, there is a hadith

that when Musa alaihi wasalam made dua against

pharaoh,

the answer came after 40 years according to

some narrations. After 40 years.

And the ulama have different opinions why the

answer was delayed and so on and so

forth, but Allahu Alelam what the reason was.

I mentioned before that sometimes

we have a difficulty,

or a problem, and as soon as Allah

answers your dua, He gives you whatever you're

asking for, you're desperate for a job, or

someone is looking for a wife, or someone

was laid off, or some

any problem.

So you keep making dua and crying and

praying, and as soon as Allah

answers your salah,

you just run away. You don't make dua

anymore, you don't pray anymore,

and this is mentioned in many places in

the Quran. So maybe Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

wants to keep your company,

He wants you to keep making Dua to

him,

and keep in praying, and keep praying to

him, and this is why he would delay

the answer of the Dua. And sometimes Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala,

he knows that

if he answers this dua, if he gives

you this job,

something horrible would happen to you, or if

he allows you to marry the person, something

miserable would happen to you. So Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala doesn't answer this dua,

so you want to, get this job, or

go to this school, or marry that person,

and he will give you something else because

it is better for you,

and he will give you the reward for

your dua in Afra. If he doesn't answer

your dua the way you want it, that

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows what is best

for you. So regardless of what happens,

keep making dua. If Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

doesn't answer your dua in dunya, he will

give you the in akhirah.

We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to accept

our dua, and give us hidayah, and help

us behave when it is time for salah.

Ameen wa sallallahu maha salam. Is a sister

doing a surgery

Bless Allah

to give her shifa, a long and healthy

life, and give her a healthy life and

a long and health and an obedient life

to him inshaAllah. Ameen, Ameen, jazakumullah.

May Allah

give her patience

and, give her give her family patience in

this difficult

time.