Omar Suleiman – Maintaining a Balance Within Our Duas
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The speaker describes a scenario where the Prophet compels the person they were speaking to to do something for the future, but they refuse to do so. The Prophet explains that if they refuse to do so, they will be punished in the future and the person is punished by the end of the life they were in. The speaker uses historical examples to illustrate their point.
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Anas radhiAllahu ta'ala anhu, he says that
the Prophet ﷺ visited one of the suhamah.
And he said, this man was dying.
I mean he was so sick.
Literally he described him, he was like a
bird that was dying.
I mean he was crumbled in his bed
about to die.
And the Prophet ﷺ went to visit him.
And he said, هل كنت تدعو بشيء؟
Were you making du'a for anything?
Were you asking Allah ﷻ for anything?
I mean, as you were in this situation.
He said, I used to say, اللهم ما
كنت معاقبني به في الآخرة فعجله لي في
الدنيا.
He said, O Allah!
Whatever you were going to punish me with
in the hereafter, hasten it for me in
this dunya.
Punish me in this dunya, let me get
it over with.
Let me go through the pain and the
suffering in this world.
And don't punish me in the hereafter.
The Prophet ﷺ said, that's what you used
to make du'a for?
هل كنت تدعو بشيء?
That was your du'a all this time?
O Allah!
Torture me in this life so that I
don't suffer in the next life.
The Prophet ﷺ said, سبحان الله لا تطيقه.
He said, you're not going to be able
to handle that.
This isn't what you're supposed to be doing.
No, you don't ask Allah.
It could be coming from a noble place.
This is coming from a sincere place.
رضي الله عنه, may Allah be pleased with
him.
But you don't ask Allah punish me now
so that you don't punish me then.
That's not the type of Lord that you're
asking.
So the Prophet ﷺ says, say instead, رَبَّنَا
آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسْنَةً وَقِنَا
عَذَابَ النَّارِ O our Lord, grant us the
best of this life and the best of
the hereafter.
And protect us from the punishment of the
fire.
Again, proportionality.
When you make du'a to Allah, exert
yourself the most when you ask for the
things of the hereafter.
And ask Allah for the highest of this
life and the next.
Ask Allah for الفردوس الأعلى, for the highest
level of الفردوس.
Ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for these
things.
And there is no such thing as a
du'a that's made in vain so long
as your pursuit is right.
And that's why the believer does not become
bitter and dejected with their du'a.
Because they know that they have an understanding
with their Lord that if my du'a
was not answered in the way I wanted
it to for this dunya, then Allah stored
it for the greater goal that was also
present in my du'a, which was salvation
and the hereafter.