WHY DUAAs ARE NOT ACCEPTED

Abu Ishaaq Ebrahim ibn Adham R.A. was one passing through a bazaar in Basrah, it was then said unto him: “Oh Abu Ishaaq, Verily Allah has declared. Ask me, I will grant you your request. Why is it that we make Duaa and He does not accept”. He replied: “Surely it is because your hearts have become dead, due to ten things”:

1. You have known who Allah is, yet you have not fulfilled His duties.
2. You have recited the Quraan, yet you have not practised upon it.
3. You have proclaimed the love of Rasulullah S.A.W., yet you have not practised upon his Sunnah.
4. You have pronounced that the Shaitaan is your enemy, yet you have stood with him.
5. You have pronounced your desire for Jannah, yet you have done nothing to achieve it.
6. You have pronounced your fear for Jahannam, yet you have done nothing to escape it.
7. You have proclaimed that there surely is no escape from death, yet you do not prepare for it.
8. You have indulged in seeking the faults of others, and have left looking into your own faults.
9. You have enjoyed all the Blessings and Bounties of Allah, yet you do not give Him due praise for it.
10.You have buried your dead, but you have taken no admonition.
How then will your Duaa’s be accepted.
Courtesy: Waterval Islamic Institute, P.O.Box 1, Johannesburg,2000, S.A.