yesterday is gone, today is in your hands, tomorrow isn't gurranteed, so work on today so it wont become a yesterday with regrets if you made it to tomorrow.
When someone dies, even those left behind won’t remember or highlight their wealth, status, or worldly successes. All of this is left behind.
People won’t talk about their worldly achievements, but rather the moments they spent in prayer, charity, and helping others.
Because ultimately, this is what truly matters, and this is what will save you from the Hellfire.
Imam ash-Shafi'ee رحمه الله:
"When a person intends to speak, then upon him is to think before he speaks. Then if it is evident that there is some benefit then he may speak. However, if there is doubt then do not speak,
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“Supplications and the various forms of seeking refuge are like a weapon, and the weapon is determined by the user and not solely on its sharpness.”
[The Disease & The Cure]
Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه said:
If one dies, the angels say: “What has he put forth?” And the people say: “What has he left behind?”
[Az-Zuhd Li Abī Dāwūd]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"And the best knowledge is the knowledge about Allah, and the highest love is the love for His sake."
[Al-Fawā’id | Pg. 83]
Beautiful explanation why Du’a is delayed
Ibn al-Jawzi رحمه الله said,
“I think part of the test is when a believer supplicates and receives no response, and he repeats the dua for a long time and sees no sign of a response. He should realize that this is a test and needs patience.
What a person experiences of waswaas (whispers from shaytan) when the response is delayed is a sickness which needs medicine ? I have experienced this myself. A calamity befell me and I supplicated and did not see any response, and Iblees started to lay his traps. Sometimes he said:
“The generosity (of Allah) is abundant and He is not miserly, so why is there a delay?”
I said to him: Be gone, O cursed one, for I have no need of anyone to argue my case and I do not want you as a supporter! Then I told myself: Beware of going along with his whispers, for if there was no other reason for the delay except that Allah is testing you to see whether you will fight the enemy, that is sufficient wisdom.
My soul (nafs) said: How could you explain the delay in the response of Allah to your prayers for relief from this calamity? I said:
“It is proven with evidence that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is the Sovereign, and the Sovereign may withhold or give, so there is no point in objecting to Him.”
The wisdom behind that is proven in definitive evidence. I may think that something is good, but wisdom does not dictate it, but the reason for that may be hidden, just as a doctor may do things that appear outwardly to be harmful, intending some good purpose thereby. Perhaps this is something of that nature.
There may be an interest to be served by delay, and haste may be harmful. The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“A person will be fine so long as he does not become impatient and says, I prayed but I did not receive any answer.??
The response may be withheld because of some fault in you. Perhaps there was something dubious in what you ate or your heart was heedless at the time when you said the dua, or your punishment is being increased by means of your need being withheld, because of some sin from which you have not repented sincerely.
So look for some of these reasons, so that you might achieve your aim. You should examine the intention behind this request, because attaining it may lead to more sin, or prevent you from doing some good, so withholding it is better.
Perhaps losing what you have missed out on will cause you to turn to Allah and getting it will distract you from Him. This is obvious, based on the fact that were it not for this calamity you would not have turned to Him, because the real calamity is what distracts you from Him, but what makes you stand before Him is good for you and is in your best interests.
If you ponder these things you will focus on what is more beneficial for you, such as correcting a mistake or seeking forgiveness or standing before Allah and beseeching Him, and forget about what you have missed out on.”
[Source: Sayd al-Khaatir [59-60]
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Ill only adress first point, none are objective arguments against islam anyways, even tho all are adressable and have been adressed.
Im not going to argue because I am upon clairty, be sincere, and search for truth genuinely, and inshallah u'll be guided
Umar ibn Khattab رضي الله عنه said:
“I am not worried about whether my dua will be responded to, but rather I am worried about whether I will be able to make dua or not. So if I have been guided to make dua, then I know that the response will come with it.”
(Al-Awayishah p. 117)
Being guided to make dua is a mercy from Allah most of us don’t realize because we are eager for the response while we forget to thank Allah for the ability to make the dua in the first place.
If Allah guided you to make Du’a know that the response will come with it as long as you are patient and obedience to Allah alone. Another way dua to get accepted is to increase istighfar because sins delay the response. The prophet ﷺ said,
“Whoever increases his prayers for forgiveness, Allah will grant him relief from every worry, a way out from every hardship, and provide for him in ways he does not expect.”
(Source: Musnad Aḥmad 2234)
In our Du’a we asked Allah what the prophet ﷺ mentioned in above Hadith so increase your istighfar and know that seeking forgiveness from Allah 100 times a day is a sunnah.
Pray your salah on time, do what Allah made wajib upon you, follow the sunnah of the prophet ﷺ and refrain from sins. All these are keys to dua getting accepted.