The barriers of the fulfillment of Doa-2

In the previous post we mentioned some barriers that prevent the Doa from being fulfilled. So let’s continue that.

Another barrier of the fulfillment of Doa is that we do not have enough certainty and faith. It means that we must not get disappointed from the mercy of Allah even though we are astray from His covenant.

The holy Prophet of Allah said:

“Ask from Allah and be certain about its fulfillment.”

Imam Sadiq peace be upon him said:

“When you are asking Allah, be hopeful in a way that (the fulfillment of) your Doa is behind the door (meaning: be hopeful that your Doa will be fulfilled as soon as you finish your Doa).

Another point about the barrier of the fulfillment of Doa is that sometimes our wish does not have the capacity to be fulfilled. We see that when Prophet Noah asked Allah to rescue his son from the punishment of Allah, Allah said: Your son in not of your family.

It means that your son does not have the capacity to be included in your Doa.

Sometimes we ask Allah for something that in fact it is not appropriate for us. Imagine that when a child is ill and he/she wants to eat something which is harmful for him/her. It might happen that this child cries so much and asks the parents to give him/her that, but the very kind parents do not do that and in fact their prevention is done out of their mercy and wisdom, so let’s compare the mercy and wisdom of Allah to the mercy and wisdom of this child’s parents, it is incomparable, so we should not expect Allah to fulfill everything that we ask Him.

So let’s mention some other barriers.

-Leaving joining good and forbidding evil.

The holy Prophet of Islam said:

“Join good and forbid evil, otherwise Allah makes the bad people among you to dominate you and on that time your Doa is not going to be fulfilled.”

-Having hard heart.

Imam Sadigh peace be upon him said:

“Allah does not fulfill the Doa of the obdurate person.”

-Leaving Doa at the time of convenience.

Imam Sadiq peace be upon him said:

The one who wants his/her Doa to be fulfilled in the time of difficulty, he/she must do Doa in the state of convenience.

To be continued.