[2] In search of solace whilst supplicating for our oppressed brothers and sisters in Palestine

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Al-Allaamah Saalih Al-Fawzaan [may Allah preserve him] stated:

A person is neither to lose hope nor despair. He should not make the people lose hope of a return to goodness. He should not make the people lose hope regarding [the fact] that truth will prevail, and falsehood will be repelled; because Allah [Glorified and Exalted be He] has made that promise and He does not fail to fulfill His promise. Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “The Religion is aided when put to the test, therefore, do not be amazed because this is the way of Ar-Rahmaan (The Most Merciful)”.

The Shaikh also stated that the wisdom behind Fitna is so that the believers are purified, exercise patience, become firm upon the truth, and are cautioned for their mistakes, and so that they may repent to Allah [The Mighty and Majestic].

It is obligated to the Muslim that he looks at (the affairs) with optimism- neither look at history and the state of affairs with pessimism and hopelessness nor make the people lose hope. It has been reported in a hadeeth, “Whoever says, “The people are ruined, then he is ruined”. [Muslim] Therefore, a person should neither lose hope in Allah’s Mercy nor does he make people lose hope that Allah will bring about solace.

The Muslim should neither despair nor lose hope; he has to wait for solace from Allah, but this has to be accompanied by what one can perform of actions, statements, spreading knowledge, calling to Allah, telling the people to have certainty, and keeping them away from despair and lack of hope. [1]

A benefit regarding supplications

Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [may Allah have mercy upon him] said that supplication is three types: The first type is to invoke Allah by His Names and Attributes, and this is one of the explanations of Allah’s statement:

[ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ فَٱدۡعُوهُ بِہَا- And (all) the Most Beautiful [perfect] Names belong to Allah, so supplicate to Him by them]. [Surah Al-A’raaf. Aayah 180]

The second type is that you invoke Allah for your need and due to your poverty, saying: I am Your poor slave, the needy one, the one to be pitied, the one seeking help and refuge, etc.

The third type is that you ask for your needs whilst not using the aforementioned two types of invocations.

The first invocation is more perfect and the second is more perfect than the third. Therefore, if an invocation gathers all three types, then it will be most perfect and this is what the invocations of the Prophet usually comprised of. [2]

[1] An Excerpt from the explanation of the Hadith of Hudhayfah Innaa Kunnaa Fee Jaahiliyyatin. page 2

[2] An Excerpt from “Jalaa Al-Ifhaam”. page 201