traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o português Then the Prophet (a.s) said, “One who says the benediction on me and
my Ahl al Bayt, the doors to the Heaven will open for him and the angels
say benediction on him a seventy times. If he has sinned, the sins will
be obliterated like the leaves in the season of fall. Allah says, ‘O creature!
Saadaeka—I have accepted your prayers and I shall give you succor!’
Then Allah will order the angels to say benediction for the person a seventy times.” Then the Prophet (a.s) says, “If someone sends benediction
for me and not for my Ahl al Bayt, then seven curtains will obstruct it in
the Firmament and Allah says, ‘La labbaek wa la saadeeka—neither your
prayer is acceptable nor shall succor come to you’”
Allah further says, ‘O My angels! Don’t allow his prayers to reach the
sky. Till he includes the Ahl al Bayt in his benediction for the Prophet
(a.s)’
In another tradition of the Prophet (a.s) it is recorded, “When I am
mentioned before a person, and he doesn’t say benediction for me and
my Ahl al Bayt, his sins will not be pardoned and he will be denied Allah’s Rewards.”
At another place the Prophet (a.s) has said, “The most miserly and evil
is the person who has not uttered my benediction when my name is
mentioned to him.” Then the Prophet (a.s) added, “One who forgets to
send benediction for me has forgotten the way to the Heaven.”
Maalik Jehni narrates that he presented a flower to Imam Jafar e Sadiq
(a.s). The Imam (a.s) took it, smelled it, touched it to his eyes and said,
“When a person smells a flower, touches it with his eyes and says benediction to Mohammed (a.s) and his Ahl al Bayt, before the flower leaves
his hands, his deliverance would have been granted!”
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) has said, “A person who says the benediction
a hundred times, his wishes will definitely be fulfilled!”
The Prophet of Allah (a.s) has said, “Whosoever says the benediction
on me a hundred times on Fridays, Allah will fulfil sixty of his wishes,
thirty in this life and the other thirty in the Hereafter!” It is a Sunnat e
Muwakkidah that a momin should say the benediction a thousand times
on the eve and the day of Friday.
Imam Reza (a.s) has said that if a person is unable to pay reparations
for his sins, should say repeatedly the benediction for the Prophet (a.s)
and his Ahl al Bayt that his sins are pardoned by Allah. A person who
says the benediction when he gets a sneeze, will never suffer from any
ailment of the eyes or the teeth.
369Chapter 70
THE THIRD STAR: NON-ACCEPTANCE OF
PRAYERS
Although the Almighty has promised the creatures that their supplications would be answered, there are certain reasons for non-acceptance of
some prayers.
Since He is Omnipotent and Omniscient, His will is dominant over all
that happens. If the wishes of the people are in accord with His will,
their prayers would most certainly be answered. For example, can a generous person, if asked, put a venomous snake in the hand of another person or give a bottle of poison that the other desires of consuming? The
generous person knows the consequences of such actions and his denying acquiescence would be in the best interest of the prospective recepient. Similarly, some people pray to Allah for grant of such wishes that, if
fulfilled, they might harmfulfor them. But these people are ignorant of
the harmful consequences of what they wish to have. Allah is all-knowing and has the best interest of the creatures in view. Someone might say,
if Allah decides what is in the best interest of an individual, then what is
the need of supplicating to Him. They think that we might as well leave
everything to the wish of Allah.
The reply to such doubts is that there are three types of wishes of the
people that come to the consideration of Allah:
1. There are certain wishes that are granted by Allah without ever
asking for.
2. There are certain wishes that are not granted despite repeated
supplications.
3. There are certain other wishes for granting of which one has to
make supplications.
Since man, in most cases, cannot categorise the wishes, he has to pray
and supplicate to Allah for fulfillment of all his desires and wishes. Men
should know that supplication itself is a very superior prayer.
370The other reason for supplication is that everything is governed by
certain norms. For example, offering mandatory prayers is a means of
ones salvation. True! But prayer too is subject to certain norms. If
someone offers prayer without the mandatory ablution, his prayer
would not be accepted although, as mentione earlier, prayer is a means
of salvation of the person. Similarly for supplication there are certain
norms to be observed. Unless a person supplicates with humility, tears
(Giria), knowledge of Allah, regularity in prayers, abstention from bad deeds,
fair means of sustenance, truthfulness in words and actions etc his wishes may
not be granted. Therefore, for Allah to keep His promise to answer the
prayers of his creatures, they have to abide by certain conditions.
The third reason is that Allah wants that the prayers are answered
with some delay. Perhaps, immediate acceptance of the prayers of
people is not in their best interests. Or perhaps Allah wants the creature
to supplicate again, and again, in a tone of submission and capitulation
so that his status in piety enhances. Certain other times the prayer is
answered but there is delay in its taking effect. Hazrat Moosa (a.s)’s
prayer for the destruction of Pharoh tokk thirty years to fruition.