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Flos
Exactly! That's the exact reason I opened the thread, for the conditions. It feels like: Allah, if you give me this, I'll give you that...
Thanks sister and Jazakallahu Khair
No. our love for Allah is not conditional. if we have a wish that we would really really come true, we already do everything in our power to make it happen.
Lets say my wish is to graduate.
I would do everything I can to make that happen, Study day and night, take extra lessons if I need, read extra books, but also make lots and lots of dua, do Nafila salat, do zikr as much as I can....and on top of that, when I have done everything I can in my power, I make a promise to Allah that if I may graduate, I will sacrifice a sheep and give its meat to the poors in my neighbourhood.
It is not a condition like "lets trick allah to make a deal with me"...let me try this dua, perhaps Allah will grant it.
No you always make your duas you always beg to Allah to forgive you or to grant your wishes.
And if Allah happens to make your wish come true, then you will be more than happy to sacrifice that sheep or whatever you promised Allah. It will not even be a burden for you, because you got your wish come true in return.
it will be the Islamitic way of "Hey everybody, I finally became a proud father, free drinks for everyone".