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Supplication In the Eyes of the Ahl al-Bayt (as)

Author: Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Al-Asifi
Translator: Jabir Chandoo
Publisher: Ahlul Bayt World Assembly
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• Preface
• Definition of Prayer
• The Meaning of Prayer
• 1. The One called upon (al-mad’uww)
• 2. The Supplicant (ud-Da’i)
• 3. The Act of Asking (ad-Du’a’)
• 4. The Object of Prayer (al-mad’uww lahu)
• The Value of Prayer
• Four Ways of Reaching Allah in the Qur’an
• Prayer: the Essence of Worship
• Disregard for Prayer is to Turn Away from Allah
• Allah Yearns for the Supplication of His Servant
• Asking one’s Needs from Other than Allah
• Notes
• Acceptance of the Prayer
• Prayer is Surrounded by Success and Acceptance
• Two Benefits of the Acceptance of Prayer
• The Relation of the Response to Prayer
• Prayer: the Key of Mercy
• Action and Prayer: the Two Keys of Allah’s Mercy
• The Relation between Prayer and Action
• The Relationship between Prayer and the Response
• The Need before its Perception and Presentation before Allah
• The Need after its Perception and Request
• The Three Laws Regarding the Relation between Prayer and the Response
• Signs of the Realization of One’s Neediness to Allah
• Obstacles of the First Kind
• Obstacles of the Second Kind
• Delay and Substitution in the Acceptance of a Prayer
• Transformation of a Prayer into Deed
• The Relation between Prayer and the Response
• The Three Stations of Mercy
• Notes
• Etiquettes and Requisites of Supplication
• 1. Recognition of Allah
• 2. Entertaining a Good Opinion of Allah
• 3. Being in Need of Allah Desperately
• 4. Entering from the Doors Ordained by Allah
• 5. Turning of the Heart to Allah
• 6. Humiliation and Softening the Heart
• 7. Continuity in Praying in Adversity and Ease
• 8. Fulfilling the Covenant of Allah
• 9. Simultaneity of Prayer with Efforts
• 10. Supplication within the Framework of the Divine Norms
• 11. Abstinence from Sins
• 12. Congregation for Supplication and Asking the Believers to say Amin
• 13. Consistency in Praying to Allah
• 14. Preparing the Self for Prayer
• 15. Calling Allah by His Beautiful Names
• 16. Presenting the Needs before Allah
• 17. Persistence in Praying
• 18. Prayer for Others and from Others
• 19. Supplication at the Time of the Descent of Mercy
• 20. Praying in the Middle of the Night
• 21. Wiping the Face and Head after Supplication
• Notes
• Obstacles and Hindrances
• The Role of Sins in Veiling Man from Allah
• The Twofold Role of the Soul in Receiving and Giving
• The Role of the Soul in Receiving Guidance from Allah
• The Role of the Soul in Giving Out Guidance
• Factors which Cause the Obscurity of the Heart
• Sins Invert the Heart
• Sins Deprive Man of the Sweetness of Remembrance
• Sins that Withhold Prayer
• Obstacles and Factors of the Ascension of Deeds
• Obstacles of the Ascension of Deeds
• Factors of the Ascension of Deeds
• Notes
• The Means to be Employed when Praying to Allah
• Means of Recourse to Allah in the Supplication of Kumayl
• General Frame of the Supplication of Kumayl
• Structure of the Supplication of Kumayl
• Four Means of Recourse in the Supplication of Kumayl
• Notes
• Lawful and Unlawful Requests
• A) Things we should pray for to Allah
• 1) Blessings on Muhammad (S) and His Progeny (‘a)
• An Example of Invoking Blessings on Muhammad (S) and His Progeny (‘a)
• 2) Praying for the Believers
• a. Praying for the Believers in General
• Examples of Generalization in Prayer
• The Three Forms of Prayer in the Qur’an
• 1. The Prayer of a Person for Himself
• 2. The Prayer of a Person for Others
• 3. The Prayer of All for All
• An Analysis and Explanation of the Third Form of Prayer
• b. Praying for Particular Believers
• 1. Praying for the Believers in their Absence
• 2. Praying for Forty Believers
• 3. Giving Preference to Others in Prayer
• 4) Praying for the Parents
• 5) Man’s Prayer for Himself
• 1. Generalization in Prayer
• 2. Great Needs Should not Stop us from Asking for Smaller Things
• 3. Praying for the Great Bounties
• 4. Reliance on the Divine Planning
• 5. Pleading for the Face of Allah from Allah
• B) Things We should not Pray for to Allah
• 1. Petition in Contrary to the Norms of Allah in the Universe and Life
• 2. Praying for Illegal Things
• 3. Wishing the Eradication of Blessings from Others
• 4. Petition Against the Advantage of the Supplicant
• 5. Seeking Refuge from Test
• 6. Not to Invoke Evil Upon the Believers
• Loving Hearts Cause Allah’s Mercy
• Harbouring Deceit for the Believers Causes the Wrath of Allah
• Harbouring Evil for the Believers Witholds the Deed from Allah
• Allah Never Looks at Those Who Hate the Believers
• Notes
• Divine Love in the Supplications of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a)
• The Relation with Allah
• Love of Allah
• Belief and Love
• The Pleasure of Love
• Love Compensates the Deficiency of the Deed
• Love of Allah Protects Man from the Punishment
• Levels of Love
• The State of Yearning and Intimacy in Love
• Another Illustration
• Inspirations and Outflows of the Heart
• The Principle of Choice
• A Return to the Whispered Prayer of Al-muridin
• The Peak and Trough of the Prayer
• The Three Means
• The First Means: Neediness
• The Second Means: Supplication
• The Third Means: Love
• Another Illustration of the State of Yearning to Allah
• Sincerity in Love of Allah
• The Jealousy of Allah for His Servant
• Love 'of' Allah and 'for' Allah
• The First Source of Love
• 1. Allah Loves His Servants
• 2. Allah Confers upon His Servants His Love and Affection
• 3. Allah Shows His Affection toward His Servants
• Notes
• Sources of Supplications in the Heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a)
• The Importance given by the Companions of the A’immah to the Recording of the Ahadith
• The Four Hundred Treatises of Hadith
• The Burning of the Heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) at the Hands of Tughril Beg
• Immunity of Part of the Heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) from being Destroyed
• Immunity of Part of the Source Books on Supplication from being Lost
• Supplications handed down to Us Intact through Misbah al-Mutahajjid
• Sources of Supplication that reached Ibn Tawus
• One Thousand Five Hundred Sources of Hadith and Du‘a’ with Ibn Tawus
• Fifteen Books of Sayyid Ibn Tawus on Supplication and Adhkar
• Later Source Books of Supplication
• Notes
• Supplication and the Divine Decree and Destiny
• The Law of Causality in History and the Universe
• The Relation between the Divine Will and the Law of Causality
• The Reign of the Divine Will over the Law of Causality by Itself
• The Law of Mediate Causation
• The Law of Facilitation
• The Absolute Reign of Allah’s Will in the Universe
• The Relation between the Will of Allah and the Law of Causality
• Change in Allah’s Decree in Creation
• Obliteration and Affirmation
• Notes
• Visitation: Its Monotheistic and Political Dimensions
• The Family of Monotheism in History
• The Inter-connectedness and Reunion between Generations of this Family
• The Visitation
• A Study of the Concepts which have Appeared in the Texts of the Ziyarat
• The Political and Dynamic Aspect in the Ziyarat
• 1. Testimony
• a. Testimony to the Messengership of the Prophet (S) in the First Stage of the Conflict
• b. Testimony for the Imam (‘a) in the Second Stage of the Conflict
• c. Testimony on the Second Part of the Dispute on the Interpretation
• d. Testimony for the Inheritance
• The Witness and the Witnessed for
• 2. The Stand
• Friendship and Dissociation
• Pleasure and Anger
• Peace and Submission
• Praying for the Triumph of the Revenge
• Prayer for the Revenge (tha’r)
• Ziyarat within the Framework of Personal Relationship
• Notes
• Bibliography