I stopped doing dua

[iammuslim98]

Aoa. Long time since we've talked. After ramadan my heart became weird.. I did another dua and the result ws exact opp. So I decided to stop doing dua altogether. I do pray.. Fajar I have missed for more than a month now, so have I missed tahajjud. But I don't have unrealistic hopes anymore. I do my duty as a muslim. Pray give sadqah etc but dua I have stopped relying on. And I have been much happier. I have accepted reality. Its just my thought. If anyone is upset with their duas not Manifesting perhaps it's time to move on

 

[Avis]

No, I will continue to have faith and keep on making Dua. Even if I never get what I want, I know that Allah will provide me with what I need and give me what is best for me. Giving up on dua means giving up on hope, which is what the Shaytaan did. I don't want to be like him, therefore I will always be hopeful, Inshallah.

 

[Eusra Fhaad inshaAllah]

Sister when you stay to Quran only & negate Ahadeeth, things can only worsen.


Learn about sciences of Ahadeeth & their credibilty InshaAllah

 

[iammuslim98]

No, I will continue to have faith and keep on making Dua. Even if I never get what I want, I know that Allah will provide me with what I need and give me what is best for me. Giving up on dua means giving up on hope, which is what the Shaytaan did. I don't want to be like him, therefore I will always be hopeful, Inshallah.

Aoa. This is good for u sister. I am just mentioning how I feel. I dont have fake hopes. I now believe that no matter what you do, you cannot change fate nor avoid the inevitable. I

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Sister when you stay to Quran only & negate Ahadeeth, things can only worsen.


Learn about sciences of Ahadeeth & their credibilty InshaAllah

Aoa. I never said I negate hadith.. I am skeptical. For me Quran is absolute authority. Nothing is superior.. Not even hadees. And there are several. Hadees that contradict quran.. So

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And what about nonmuslims who don't believe in quran or hadeeth altogether.

 

[Avis]

Aoa. This is good for u sister. I am just mentioning how I feel. I dont have fake hopes. I now believe that no matter what you do, you cannot change fate nor avoid the inevitable.

It isn't fake hope. Hope is a sign that you have faith in your Creator, when you lose hope, you lose faith. You are wrong about changing fate, fate is a result of your actions and choices and it can change depending on what Allah allows to happen. We are even prescribed to make dua for Allah to save us from calamities, having a bad end and bad fate. You just can't expect for things to go your way when you don't put for the effort to be the best version of yourself. You can't expect to have your dua answered when you don't genuinely believe that they may (not must) be answered if it is good for you.

You will never be happy or satisfied in life until you change your way of thought and actually start appreciating Allah and all that He has given you. Have you thought that what it is you're asking for is possibly one of the worst things you can get, and perhaps you haven't received it is a form of Mercy and Protection? Or maybe it is a test, to show you how weak your faith is and how you need to start improving on yourself before it is too late.

If you constantly sin, do your best to stop, even if you can only stop one thing at a time, or lessen the occurrences of which you sin little by little. Start learning about Allah and Islam little by little, even as little as a 5 minute Youtube video a day or even once a week. Start building your faith up and come to the understanding that your Creator wants what is best for you, not what you think is best.

Also, not to nitpick, but I'm a brother, not a sister.

 

[Eusra Fhaad inshaAllah]

[MENTION=46512]iammuslim98[/MENTION]

Learn about sciences of Ahadeeth & their credibilty InshaAllah

That's what I told you dear learn more about Ahadeeth& their sciences.InshaAllah it would help you.I will make a thread on it InshaAllah .

May Allah Ta'aala bring you relief soon with a miracle,Aameen

 

[iammuslim98]

It isn't fake hope. Hope is a sign that you have faith in your Creator, when you lose hope, you lose faith. You are wrong about changing fate, fate is a result of your actions and choices and it can change depending on what Allah allows to happen. We are even prescribed to make dua for Allah to save us from calamities, having a bad end and bad fate. You just can't expect for things to go your way when you don't put for the effort to be the best version of yourself. You can't expect to have your dua answered when you don't genuinely believe that they may (not must) be answered if it is good for you.

You will never be happy or satisfied in life until you change your way of thought and actually start appreciating Allah and all that He has given you. Have you thought that what it is you're asking for is possibly one of the worst things you can get, and perhaps you haven't received it is a form of Mercy and Protection? Or maybe it is a test, to show you how weak your faith is and how you need to start improving on yourself before it is too late.

If you constantly sin, do your best to stop, even if you can only stop one thing at a time, or lessen the occurrences of which you sin little by little. Start learning about Allah and Islam little by little, even as little as a 5 minute Youtube video a day or even once a week. Start building your faith up and come to the understanding that your Creator wants what is best for you, not what you think is best.

Also, not to nitpick, but I'm a brother, not a sister.

Aoa brother. My apologies. I am content with not making dua. I am a sinnr, and I am paying for my mistakes.. So no need to do duas to ask Allah to change my mistakes and fate.

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[MENTION=46512]iammuslim98[/MENTION]




That's what I told you dear learn more about Ahadeeth& their sciences.InshaAllah it would help you.I will make a thread on it InshaAllah .

May Allah Ta'aala bring you relief soon with a miracle,Aameen

Aoa thanku for dua sister

 

[Eusra Fhaad inshaAllah]

Aoa brother. My apologies. I am content with not making dua. I am a sinnr, and I am paying for my mistakes.. So no need to do duas to ask Allah to change my mistakes and fate.

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Aoa thanku for dua sister

Anytime

Not well so I'm posting here without making a new thread

Credibilty & Importance of Ahadeeth


The Qur'ān and the Sunnah have served as the primary sources of Islam. Together with the Qurʾān, the statements and actions of the Prophet ﷺ form the basis of Islamic law and theology. Historically, all Islamic sects have acknowledged the necessity of at least some ḥadīths, even if few, to understand the Qur'ān. Despite their many theological and legal differences, Muslim sects have all drawn from these two primary sources: the Qurʾān, which is considered to be the direct word of God revealed to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Sunnah, which consists of the words and actions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ inspired by God. In other words, the ḥadīth are reports about what the Prophet ﷺ said and did. Muslim jurists and ḥadīth scholars use these reports (i.e., ḥadīth) to understand the teachings of the Prophet ﷺ, which are called the Sunnah. Each ḥadīth is a piece of data about the Prophet ﷺ; when collected, these data points paint a larger picture which is the Sunnah.
All Muslim groups consider the Qurʾān to be the most authentic and authoritative source, followed by the Sunnah. Because the Sunnah is needed in order to contextualize the Qur'ān, all Muslim groups have accepted the necessity of following at least some ḥadīth alongside the Qurʾān. This view has been held by all known Muslim groups, including all strands of both Sunnism and Shi'ism. This is important because the theory of consensus (ijmāʿ) holds that it is inconceivable for the entire Muslim community to agree upon falsehood. Whenever all living jurists agreed on a particular formulation of Islamic law, this consensus raised the formulation to an infallible representation of divine will. The possibility of error concerning formulations of law only existed when jurists disagreed. When they agreed on an issue, the fallibility of individual jurists was erased through the supervening principle of the infallibility of consensus. Consensus set boundaries on disagreement in the formulation of the law, and the authority of the Sunnah was outside of those boundaries.[1] Because dissent is the norm in matters of Islamic law, it makes any consensus all the more credible and binding when it occurs. In other words, the unanimity of opinion (ijmāʿ)—in a religion that has countenanced in its history a vast array of differences—is considered one of the strongest proofs for the formulation of law or creed. Ḥadīth, therefore, form a necessary component of the religion (al-maʿlūm min al-dīn bi ḍarūra).
It was not until the nineteenth century that a movement emerged that rejected the entire corpus of ḥadīth and the authority of the Prophet ﷺ. This rejection of the entire ḥadīth corpus stems from a mistrust in the historical preservation of ḥadīth when compared to the Qur'ān or the fact that many ḥadīth clash with modern sensibilities. In an attempt to bypass any fabrications and ḥadīth that might contain discomfiting material, some have attempted to understand the Qur'ān on its own, without ḥadīth.

 

[iammuslim98]

Anytime

Not well so I'm posting here without making a new thread

Credibilty & Importance of Ahadeeth


The Qur'ān and the Sunnah have served as the primary sources of Islam. Together with the Qurʾān, the statements and actions of the Prophet ﷺ form the basis of Islamic law and theology. Historically, all Islamic sects have acknowledged the necessity of at least some ḥadīths, even if few, to understand the Qur'ān. Despite their many theological and legal differences, Muslim sects have all drawn from these two primary sources: the Qurʾān, which is considered to be the direct word of God revealed to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Sunnah, which consists of the words and actions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ inspired by God. In other words, the ḥadīth are reports about what the Prophet ﷺ said and did. Muslim jurists and ḥadīth scholars use these reports (i.e., ḥadīth) to understand the teachings of the Prophet ﷺ, which are called the Sunnah. Each ḥadīth is a piece of data about the Prophet ﷺ; when collected, these data points paint a larger picture which is the Sunnah.
All Muslim groups consider the Qurʾān to be the most authentic and authoritative source, followed by the Sunnah. Because the Sunnah is needed in order to contextualize the Qur'ān, all Muslim groups have accepted the necessity of following at least some ḥadīth alongside the Qurʾān. This view has been held by all known Muslim groups, including all strands of both Sunnism and Shi'ism. This is important because the theory of consensus (ijmāʿ) holds that it is inconceivable for the entire Muslim community to agree upon falsehood. Whenever all living jurists agreed on a particular formulation of Islamic law, this consensus raised the formulation to an infallible representation of divine will. The possibility of error concerning formulations of law only existed when jurists disagreed. When they agreed on an issue, the fallibility of individual jurists was erased through the supervening principle of the infallibility of consensus. Consensus set boundaries on disagreement in the formulation of the law, and the authority of the Sunnah was outside of those boundaries.[1] Because dissent is the norm in matters of Islamic law, it makes any consensus all the more credible and binding when it occurs. In other words, the unanimity of opinion (ijmāʿ)—in a religion that has countenanced in its history a vast array of differences—is considered one of the strongest proofs for the formulation of law or creed. Ḥadīth, therefore, form a necessary component of the religion (al-maʿlūm min al-dīn bi ḍarūra).
It was not until the nineteenth century that a movement emerged that rejected the entire corpus of ḥadīth and the authority of the Prophet ﷺ. This rejection of the entire ḥadīth corpus stems from a mistrust in the historical preservation of ḥadīth when compared to the Qur'ān or the fact that many ḥadīth clash with modern sensibilities. In an attempt to bypass any fabrications and ḥadīth that might contain discomfiting material, some have attempted to understand the Qur'ān on its own, without ḥadīth.

Aoa. Sister, the first book on hadith was written 100 yrs after the passing of the Prophet saww. Quran on the other hand is absolute word of God.

 

[AabiruSabeel]

Aoa. Sister, the first book on hadith was written 100 yrs after the passing of the Prophet saww. Quran on the other hand is absolute word of God.

That is a misconception spread far and wide among many Muslims. The fact is that Hadith were written and collected during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad :saws: as well. But since all Sahabah could not read and write, most of them memorized the ahadeeth and later on narrated and taught them to their students. The process continued further down the generations until they were once again compiled together in several books by different scholars such as Imam Bukhari, imam Muslim etc.

See this thread for more details on how the Ahadeeth were collected during the lifetime of the prophet himself: Sunnah & Hadiths that were written during time of the Prophet & by sahabah after .. - Ummah.com - Muslim Forum
Another thread here: Ahadeeth Myths (islamicboard.com)


Please take some time and watch these videos:

 

[Labayk]

"O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result." (an-Nisa: 59)


"We have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path. But they [i.e., the hypocrites] say, "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers. And when they are called to [the words of] Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal]. But if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience. Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allah will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]. The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers.
(an-Nur: 46-52)

Say, "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."(an-Nur: 54)

"Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and Hikmah, although they had been before in manifest error." (al-Imran: 164)

"And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest. And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the Prophet's sunnah] by which He instructs you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things." (al-Baqarah: 231)

So Allah ('Azza wa Jal) in many innumerable ayat in the Quran commanded us to obey two sources--the commands of Allah and the commands of His Messenger. Allah told us to believe in Allah and His Messenger so we have to believe in both what Allah says and what the Messenger (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salam) says. Allah told us that He revealed two things:al-Kitab wal-Hikmah. The Prophet taught two things: al-Kitab Wal-Hikmah.

Both the Quran and the authentic Sunnah are an authority for us.
[MENTION=46512]iammuslim98[/MENTION] Allah forbade us from having suspicions of our Brothers and Sisters:

"O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful." (al-Hujurat: 12)

So then what about the best of the Muslims? The first three generations? Here we have a massive compilation of statements and actions of the Prophet (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salaam) and for each and every single Sahih Hadith we, as an Ummah, know each and every one of the men/women who narrated it to us. We know who they were. We know what their character was and we know exactly where they got their information from. If me and you (common laypeople) don't know all of the narrators in the chain of a Hadith, we as an Ummah still do know. This is a science that is studied and taught and is called ilm-ar-Rijal (The Science of Men) and is knowledge that is available to whomever wishes to seek it out. We know exactly where our religion comes from.

It is Haram for us to entertain suspicions about the early Muslims with regard to their trustworthiness or competence. So based on what principle and with what reason can we justify not believing in and following the Sunnah. How can we as Muslims disregard the Sunnah of the Prophet (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salaam)?
[MENTION=16345]Iammuslim[/MENTION] Don't let shaitan play with you in the issue of Dua! Allah said:

"And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible." (Ghafir: 60)

Wallahi! If I knew for certain that Allah would never answer any of my Dua't as long as I live in Dunyah (which is nonsense) I would still make dua due to the last part of this Ayah!

"Iyyaka na'Budu wa Iyyaka nas ta 'een"

How are we going to seek help from Allah without Dua? How is that at all possible?

I do my duty as a muslim.

By Allah, you will never be able to fulfill your duties to Him without His Help and you will never be able to attain His Help without asking (Dua'). It is apparent from your post as well that this is the case.

It doesn't matter when or how Allah answers our Dua'

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no Muslim who calls upon Allah, without sin or cutting family ties, but that Allah will give him one of three answers: He will quickly fulfill his supplication, He will store it for him in the Hereafter, or He will divert an evil from him similar to it.” They said, “In that case we will ask for more.” The Prophet said, “Allah has even more." (Ahmed)

This is another reason we should make Dua' even if we were absolutely certain that Allah, al-Kareem would never accept any of our Dua' in this Dunyah (which is nonsense). If Allah doesn't respond in the way that we wanted or hoped then it will be saved for us in the Hereafter when we truly need it the most.
[MENTION=16345]Iammuslim[/MENTION]--Don't let shaitan disarm you. He knows very well that if you don't have Dua', then you will be defenseless. You will be like the sheep that strays from the flock and is easy pickings for the wolf. Thikr, Quran, and Dua is our fortress that protects us from shaitan and is the Ark that saves us from the flood. Stick to dua. And the more waswas you receive because of Dua, the more dua you should make.

I do not know you in real life and, at best, I have only a vague understanding of your circumstances but Wallahi! I am swearing to you by Allah, if you sat and thought about it hard enough I am certain that you would be able to think about times when Allah did respond to your Dua (sooner or later).

May Allah Protect us from the filthy shaitan and allow us all to worship Him as He ought to be worshipped and only in the manner that He deems fit. Ameen.

 

[iammuslim98]

"O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result." (an-Nisa: 59)


"We have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path. But they [i.e., the hypocrites] say, "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers. And when they are called to [the words of] Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal]. But if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience. Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allah will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]. The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers.
(an-Nur: 46-52)

Say, "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."(an-Nur: 54)

"Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and Hikmah, although they had been before in manifest error." (al-Imran: 164)

"And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest. And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the Prophet's sunnah] by which He instructs you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things." (al-Baqarah: 231)

So Allah ('Azza wa Jal) in many innumerable ayat in the Quran commanded us to obey two sources--the commands of Allah and the commands of His Messenger. Allah told us to believe in Allah and His Messenger so we have to believe in both what Allah says and what the Messenger (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salam) says. Allah told us that He revealed two things:al-Kitab wal-Hikmah. The Prophet taught two things: al-Kitab Wal-Hikmah.

Both the Quran and the authentic Sunnah are an authority for us.
[MENTION=46512]iammuslim98[/MENTION] Allah forbade us from having suspicions of our Brothers and Sisters:

"O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful." (al-Hujurat: 12)

So then what about the best of the Muslims? The first three generations? Here we have a massive compilation of statements and actions of the Prophet (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salaam) and for each and every single Sahih Hadith we, as an Ummah, know each and every one of the men/women who narrated it to us. We know who they were. We know what their character was and we know exactly where they got their information from. If me and you (common laypeople) don't know all of the narrators in the chain of a Hadith, we as an Ummah still do know. This is a science that is studied and taught and is called ilm-ar-Rijal (The Science of Men) and is knowledge that is available to whomever wishes to seek it out. We know exactly where our religion comes from.

It is Haram for us to entertain suspicions about the early Muslims with regard to their trustworthiness or competence. So based on what principle and with what reason can we justify not believing in and following the Sunnah. How can we as Muslims disregard the Sunnah of the Prophet (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salaam)?
[MENTION=16345]Iammuslim[/MENTION] Don't let shaitan play with you in the issue of Dua! Allah said:

"And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible." (Ghafir: 60)

Wallahi! If I knew for certain that Allah would never answer any of my Dua't as long as I live in Dunyah (which is nonsense) I would still make dua due to the last part of this Ayah!

"Iyyaka na'Budu wa Iyyaka nas ta 'een"

How are we going to seek help from Allah without Dua? How is that at all possible?



By Allah, you will never be able to fulfill your duties to Him without His Help and you will never be able to attain His Help without asking (Dua'). It is apparent from your post as well that this is the case.

It doesn't matter when or how Allah answers our Dua'

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no Muslim who calls upon Allah, without sin or cutting family ties, but that Allah will give him one of three answers: He will quickly fulfill his supplication, He will store it for him in the Hereafter, or He will divert an evil from him similar to it.” They said, “In that case we will ask for more.” The Prophet said, “Allah has even more." (Ahmed)

This is another reason we should make Dua' even if we were absolutely certain that Allah, al-Kareem would never accept any of our Dua' in this Dunyah (which is nonsense). If Allah doesn't respond in the way that we wanted or hoped then it will be saved for us in the Hereafter when we truly need it the most.
[MENTION=16345]Iammuslim[/MENTION]--Don't let shaitan disarm you. He knows very well that if you don't have Dua', then you will be defenseless. You will be like the sheep that strays from the flock and is easy pickings for the wolf. Thikr, Quran, and Dua is our fortress that protects us from shaitan and is the Ark that saves us from the flood. Stick to dua. And the more waswas you receive because of Dua, the more dua you should make.

I do not know you in real life and, at best, I have only a vague understanding of your circumstances but Wallahi! I am swearing to you by Allah, if you sat and thought about it hard enough I am certain that you would be able to think about times when Allah did respond to your Dua (sooner or later).

May Allah Protect us from the filthy shaitan and allow us all to worship Him as He ought to be worshipped and only in the manner that He deems fit. Ameen.

Aoa. I was busy with some things that's why i was absent from the platform i am just at a point where my depression is gwtting the best of me.i feel like iam suffocating. And i know because of my sins, Allah wont accept dua bcuz there was a scjolar on youtube who sd bad deeds stop ur duas from being answered..i am asking for a miracle

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But my sins, and myself know that even Allah is not that generous

 

[Flos]

Aoa. I was busy with some things that's why i was absent from the platform i am just at a point where my depression is gwtting the best of me.i feel like iam suffocating. And i know because of my sins, Allah wont accept dua bcuz there was a scjolar on youtube who sd bad deeds stop ur duas from being answered..i am asking for a miracle

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But my sins, and myself know that even Allah is not that generous

Sister, I went through similar some years ago. I'm also depression person and had been medically treated 2x... (I understand you, really)

Once, it was Ramadan. I had hard time fasting but I wouldn't give up. Still, as soon as I start fasting, I become filled with rage and hate towards all humans. I was explained and told that I was possessed... Still, I never believed that anyone can have a control over me except Allah. So, I wasn't paying too much attention to Jinn world. At the same time I was going through poverty, I was hungry - had nothing to eat, debts kept getting bigger, I was sick and almost couldn't walk at all.
Finally, it was 27th night of Ramadan. I believed it was Laylatul Qadr. I was so unhappy, furious, depressed, everything - I raised my hands to Allah and said: Please kill me, I don't want to live anymore for I'm worthless to you and I would end up in Jahannam anyway, so why not now... (I did it with a very angry tone, FYI)

Instead of killing me, He Al-Hayyum gave me new life. Every single problem disappeared.

Now I'm again going through something hard. But, when I remember how wonderful end of my previous hardship was, I'm ok. You have my dua sister since I know how hard it is while in depression - can't move a finger, get up, eat... May Allah make it easy for you <3

 

[iammuslim98]

Sister, I went through similar some years ago. I'm also depression person and had been medically treated 2x... (I understand you, really)

Once, it was Ramadan. I had hard time fasting but I wouldn't give up. Still, as soon as I start fasting, I become filled with rage and hate towards all humans. I was explained and told that I was possessed... Still, I never believed that anyone can have a control over me except Allah. So, I wasn't paying too much attention to Jinn world. At the same time I was going through poverty, I was hungry - had nothing to eat, debts kept getting bigger, I was sick and almost couldn't walk at all.
Finally, it was 27th night of Ramadan. I believed it was Laylatul Qadr. I was so unhappy, furious, depressed, everything - I raised my hands to Allah and said: Please kill me, I don't want to live anymore for I'm worthless to you and I would end up in Jahannam anyway, so why not now... (I did it with a very angry tone, FYI)

Instead of killing me, He Al-Hayyum gave me new life. Every single problem disappeared.

Now I'm again going through something hard. But, when I remember how wonderful end of my previous hardship was, I'm ok. You have my dua sister since I know how hard it is while in depression - can't move a finger, get up, eat... May Allah make it easy for you <3

Aoa. Thanku for the dua. Sister, I am too afraid of making dua..

 

[Labayk]

And i know because of my sins, Allah wont accept dua bcuz there was a scjolar on youtube who sd bad deeds stop ur duas from being answered..i am asking for a miracle

It's true that sins can interfere and weaken our Dua'. The one who has a higher level of Taqwa and enjoys a greater closeness to Allah has a more powerful response when he/she calls upon his/her Lord. However, that doesn't mean Allah won't respond to you, especially if you are in a desperate situation.

"It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from every place and they assume to be engulfed, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."" (Yunus: 22)

So, even the one who commits Shirk with Allah (wa Authoo billilah) calls upon Him in their desperate time of need, He Responds to them.

Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent. (al-Furqan: 77)

This ayah is about the kuffar. Specifically, the kuffar of the Quraish who were persecuting the Prophet (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salaam) and the Sahabah (Radia Allahu 'Anhu). Allah made clear, that He doesn't care about them at all except for their dua. Even when they make Dua, Allah listens and responds.

What settles the matter completely is Allah's answering the Dua of filthy Iblis, the rejected, cursed, and humiliated:

Except Iblees; he refused to be with those who prostrated. [Allah] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?" He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud." [Allah] said, "Then depart from it, for indeed, you are expelled. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense." He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected." [Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved Until the Day of the time well-known." (al-Hijr: 31-38)

It is impossible, that any Muslim who prays five times a day and believes in Allah and His Messenger, should ever become despondent or despairing of Allah's answering their dua when they know that Allah in His absolute Might, Honor, and Generosity answered the dua of the most cursed of all of creation, the loser of all losers, Iblis (may he be continually cursed until the Day of Resurrection).

Yes, again, our sins get in the way and weaken our connection with Allah and weaken the power of our Dua'. This is why persistence in dua is very important. Persistence in dua coupled with our state of great, absolute desperation and need (in addition to us working on our sins and seeking Allah's forgiveness)is what makes up for the weakness that comes from our sins and deficiencies. Through asking again and again, we can offset the weaknesses in our character and adab and Allah Will be more responsive.

Allah is our Supporter and Helper and we have no supporter or helper except Him. He is our Hope and our Light, our Guide, and our Provider/Protector. We need Allah and we need His help always:

"Iyyaka na'budu wa Iyyaka nas ta'een"

17 times a day or more we say this. We have to, just as we worship Him, seek His Help. Seeking His Help is inseparable from worshipping Him, just as these two parts of the Ayah are inseparable.

i am asking for a miracle

I keep seeing people on this forum asking for miracles. It is not befitting for any Muslim to ask for miracles from Allah. This was the way of Banu Israel with their Prophets before. The disciples or 'Isa ('Alaihis Salaam) asked this from 'Isa ibn Mayam and he criticized them for this:

[And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven?" [Jesus] said, "Fear Allah, if you should be believers." They said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses." (al-Maidah: 112-113 )

Note that this ayah came after the ayah:

The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel] and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind [from birth] and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic." (al-Maidah: 110)

So these disciples had already seen a great number of miraculous wonders/signs/evidences/proofs to fully convince them and give them great conviction.

Likewise, we too have already been provided with a great number of miracles from Allah to provide us with full conviction in His Power, Ability, and Mercy which should inspire us all with awe, reverence, fear, and hope. We have too many examples to count of His Mercy towards even those who were far, far astray and extremely antagonistic and aggressive towards His Signs, His Revelation, His Prophets, and His Servants. We have examples from times of old from the stories of the Prophets, the stories of the Sahabah and stories of Saliheen after them, but we even have innumerable stories of misguided/corrupt people in our time today who have received Allah's Mercy and Guidance even though He had full right to cast them into Jahannam.

It makes no sense, then, that we should think low of Him in assuming that He Will never Help us in spite of our great sins. Great in terms of magnitude and great in terms of number. Even if our sins are as big as a mountain, then, the one whom you are calling upon, is the same one who destroys the mountains. His Rahma is greater than our sins.

I am too afraid of making dua..

Don't let shaitan play games. Of course there is nothing to fear from Dua. It is only shaitan that wants to cut you off from Dua, because he knows that if you have dua, then he can't overcome you. If you are alone, then you become easy pickings. Don't give him an easy victory (he's a loser anyway). Make Dua to your Lord for anything and everything and if you get more doubts about dua then intentionally and deliberately make even more dua. And if you have doubts because of your sins then, intentionally and deliberately make even more dua knowing that Allah's Mercy is greater than our sins. It's not the hands that are raised and the tongue that speaks that provides relief but the One who Hears and Responds who Guides His servants out from darkness into light. Who saves the sinners from the depths of Hell-Fire and admits them by His Mercy to His Pleasure (which was before Anger) and Paradise that Provides relief to the distressed and a way out for those in dire need.

Think well of Allah and don't let these thoughts dominate for, "I am as my servant thinks I am..."

May Allah Guide you to the path of His Worship, Protect you from the stupid shaitan and revive your heart with the light of hope in Him and good expectations of Him. Ameen

 

[iammuslim98]

It's true that sins can interfere and weaken our Dua'. The one who has a higher level of Taqwa and enjoys a greater closeness to Allah has a more powerful response when he/she calls upon his/her Lord. However, that doesn't mean Allah won't respond to you, especially if you are in a desperate situation.

"It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from every place and they assume to be engulfed, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."" (Yunus: 22)

So, even the one who commits Shirk with Allah (wa Authoo billilah) calls upon Him in their desperate time of need, He Responds to them.

Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent. (al-Furqan: 77)

This ayah is about the kuffar. Specifically, the kuffar of the Quraish who were persecuting the Prophet (Salalahu 'Alaihi wa Salaam) and the Sahabah (Radia Allahu 'Anhu). Allah made clear, that He doesn't care about them at all except for their dua. Even when they make Dua, Allah listens and responds.

What settles the matter completely is Allah's answering the Dua of filthy Iblis, the rejected, cursed, and humiliated:

Except Iblees; he refused to be with those who prostrated. [Allah] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?" He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud." [Allah] said, "Then depart from it, for indeed, you are expelled. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense." He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected." [Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved Until the Day of the time well-known." (al-Hijr: 31-38)

It is impossible, that any Muslim who prays five times a day and believes in Allah and His Messenger, should ever become despondent or despairing of Allah's answering their dua when they know that Allah in His absolute Might, Honor, and Generosity answered the dua of the most cursed of all of creation, the loser of all losers, Iblis (may he be continually cursed until the Day of Resurrection).

Yes, again, our sins get in the way and weaken our connection with Allah and weaken the power of our Dua'. This is why persistence in dua is very important. Persistence in dua coupled with our state of great, absolute desperation and need (in addition to us working on our sins and seeking Allah's forgiveness)is what makes up for the weakness that comes from our sins and deficiencies. Through asking again and again, we can offset the weaknesses in our character and adab and Allah Will be more responsive.

Allah is our Supporter and Helper and we have no supporter or helper except Him. He is our Hope and our Light, our Guide, and our Provider/Protector. We need Allah and we need His help always:

"Iyyaka na'budu wa Iyyaka nas ta'een"

17 times a day or more we say this. We have to, just as we worship Him, seek His Help. Seeking His Help is inseparable from worshipping Him, just as these two parts of the Ayah are inseparable.



I keep seeing people on this forum asking for miracles. It is not befitting for any Muslim to ask for miracles from Allah. This was the way of Banu Israel with their Prophets before. The disciples or 'Isa ('Alaihis Salaam) asked this from 'Isa ibn Mayam and he criticized them for this:

[And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven?" [Jesus] said, "Fear Allah, if you should be believers." They said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses." (al-Maidah: 112-113 )

Note that this ayah came after the ayah:

The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel] and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind [from birth] and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic." (al-Maidah: 110)

So these disciples had already seen a great number of miraculous wonders/signs/evidences/proofs to fully convince them and give them great conviction.

Likewise, we too have already been provided with a great number of miracles from Allah to provide us with full conviction in His Power, Ability, and Mercy which should inspire us all with awe, reverence, fear, and hope. We have too many examples to count of His Mercy towards even those who were far, far astray and extremely antagonistic and aggressive towards His Signs, His Revelation, His Prophets, and His Servants. We have examples from times of old from the stories of the Prophets, the stories of the Sahabah and stories of Saliheen after them, but we even have innumerable stories of misguided/corrupt people in our time today who have received Allah's Mercy and Guidance even though He had full right to cast them into Jahannam.

It makes no sense, then, that we should think low of Him in assuming that He Will never Help us in spite of our great sins. Great in terms of magnitude and great in terms of number. Even if our sins are as big as a mountain, then, the one whom you are calling upon, is the same one who destroys the mountains. His Rahma is greater than our sins.



Don't let shaitan play games. Of course there is nothing to fear from Dua. It is only shaitan that wants to cut you off from Dua, because he knows that if you have dua, then he can't overcome you. If you are alone, then you become easy pickings. Don't give him an easy victory (he's a loser anyway). Make Dua to your Lord for anything and everything and if you get more doubts about dua then intentionally and deliberately make even more dua. And if you have doubts because of your sins then, intentionally and deliberately make even more dua knowing that Allah's Mercy is greater than our sins. It's not the hands that are raised and the tongue that speaks that provides relief but the One who Hears and Responds who Guides His servants out from darkness into light. Who saves the sinners from the depths of Hell-Fire and admits them by His Mercy to His Pleasure (which was before Anger) and Paradise that Provides relief to the distressed and a way out for those in dire need.

Think well of Allah and don't let these thoughts dominate for, "I am as my servant thinks I am..."

May Allah Guide you to the path of His Worship, Protect you from the stupid shaitan and revive your heart with the light of hope in Him and good expectations of Him. Ameen

Aoa brother. I am not asking for miracles like the bani isra el. Forme even breathing is a miracle from Allah. What I am asking for is a miniscule thing for Allah, but no less than a miracle. If we can ask for anything and everything brother, then asking for such a miracle isn't bad? Don't u believe so!? And I don't pray five times a day not anymore.. I wakeup lay in bed and go back to sleep at fajr. Despite my best efforts to wakeup I fail miserably

 

[Flos]

Aoa brother. I am not asking for miracles like the bani isra el. Forme even breathing is a miracle from Allah. What I am asking for is a miniscule thing for Allah, but no less than a miracle. If we can ask for anything and everything brother, then asking for such a miracle isn't bad? Don't u believe so!? And I don't pray five times a day not anymore.. I wakeup lay in bed and go back to sleep at fajr. Despite my best efforts to wakeup I fail miserably

I honestly think that, as long as people don't go through depression, they won't understand. Our state of mind... the void, lack of mental energy...
I have some friends that hadn't understood the depression and used to make fun of it. Now they're facing it and finally get it.

As for miracles. To Allah it is same to create a peace of dust or entire world. He just says "be!" and it is. Allah gave me miracles just because I was certain of this.

Sis, maybe this might help you. It's not, probably, going to happen over night, it takes time to set up your mind. We all, get focused on Dunya's life. A lot. Sometimes we're not aware of it. If you could, somehow figure, truly that this life is nothing, unworthy, just a test, a game, not real and that the Akhirah is real life with a looot of pleasure, justice, coming back to Allah, and all of it without an end... Imagine if this Earth was made of amaranth grains, and every billion years a bird comes and picks one piece of the grain and flies away... then imagine the last piece of grain bird picking up and you're still in Jannah...

What happens is - when your mind and heart is turned to Akhirah, Dunya becomes easy. All your dreams come true in Dunya (but be careful when it happens not to get sucked back to Dunya after that)... Whenever we're sad, distressed, angry - we're into Dunya. Yeah, I know, a calamity happens that is hard to handle, but it's just Dunya - passing, it's all gonna pass...

As we are always under waswasas. And waswasas work like hypnosis - continuously whispering to our ears, we need to do the opposite. For example - shaytan wants you to think that you're worthless, he keeps repeating sentences to your ear until you start believing you're worthless - although Allah wouldn't create you if you were worthless and especially as Muslimah <3 It's all the same with everything else.

You still have my duas, and please if you have any questions, I'm here...

 

[iammuslim98]

I honestly think that, as long as people don't go through depression, they won't understand. Our state of mind... the void, lack of mental energy...
I have some friends that hadn't understood the depression and used to make fun of it. Now they're facing it and finally get it.

As for miracles. To Allah it is same to create a peace of dust or entire world. He just says "be!" and it is. Allah gave me miracles just because I was certain of this.

Sis, maybe this might help you. It's not, probably, going to happen over night, it takes time to set up your mind. We all, get focused on Dunya's life. A lot. Sometimes we're not aware of it. If you could, somehow figure, truly that this life is nothing, unworthy, just a test, a game, not real and that the Akhirah is real life with a looot of pleasure, justice, coming back to Allah, and all of it without an end... Imagine if this Earth was made of amaranth grains, and every billion years a bird comes and picks one piece of the grain and flies away... then imagine the last piece of grain bird picking up and you're still in Jannah...

What happens is - when your mind and heart is turned to Akhirah, Dunya becomes easy. All your dreams come true in Dunya (but be careful when it happens not to get sucked back to Dunya after that)... Whenever we're sad, distressed, angry - we're into Dunya. Yeah, I know, a calamity happens that is hard to handle, but it's just Dunya - passing, it's all gonna pass...

As we are always under waswasas. And waswasas work like hypnosis - continuously whispering to our ears, we need to do the opposite. For example - shaytan wants you to think that you're worthless, he keeps repeating sentences to your ear until you start believing you're worthless - although Allah wouldn't create you if you were worthless and especially as Muslimah <3 It's all the same with everything else.

You still have my duas, and please if you have any questions, I'm here...

I am so sick of these waswasas. Cuz the instant i start believing in good, or become a bit optimistic, I am slapped with something horrible. And I ruin good things bcuz of. My own stupidity.

 

[Flos]

I am so sick of these waswasas. Cuz the instant i start believing in good, or become a bit optimistic, I am slapped with something horrible. And I ruin good things bcuz of. My own stupidity.

You're definitely not stupid. That's also what shaytan wants you to believe. You are just too good. Let's challenge everything bad that comes up to your mind!

 

[iammuslim98]

You're definitely not stupid. That's also what shaytan wants you to believe. You are just too good. Let's challenge everything bad that comes up to your mind!

Aoa but sister, I know what i did. I know the relationships I've sabotaged. I know i ruined things and now asking Allah to mend them.. Which is realisticallu not possible