Many non-Muslims as well as Muslims want to have the God who is able to grant them whatever they want, the God who is able to serve them and the God who is able to solve their problems. Many non-Muslims and even Muslims believe that religion or God is only important when they have problems. They believe that the work of God is only to solve their problems. When men are having problems, men start to make doa to God which they think to be an act of worship to God. When men are not having problems, men will not make doa to God which means to many men as not performing an act of worship to God. Many non-Muslims as well as Muslims think that they do not need of God or religion when they have no problems. Many men in this world choose not to believe in God or to have any religion because they do not have any problems. Many men think and believe that God or religion is only important to those who have problems and they believe and think that God is synonymous to religion and religion is synonymous to problems and only those with problems will want to have God or religion. Many non-Muslims as well as Muslims believe that religion is about solving problems.
Religion is actually not about solving problems but it is about obeying the orders of Allah with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. When Allah is pleased with any person, Allah promises to give to that person whatever that person wishes. Many men do not want to recite the Great Kalimah and many men who have recited the Great Kalimah do not want to obey all the orders of Allah. However all men want their problems to be solved by Allah. How will Allah solve the problems of men when men refuse to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey the orders of Allah? Non-Muslims should know that Allah will not solve their problems when they do not want to recite the Great Kalimah and the Muslims should know that Allah will not solve their problems when they do not want to obey all the orders of Allah. The Muslims should know that Allah will only listen to their doa or prayers and solved their problems when they obey all the orders of Allah including the most important order of Allah which is the first order of Allah. What is the first order of Allah to the persons who have recited the Great Kalimah? The first order of Allah to that person is to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. What is the greatest evil done by men? The greatest evil done by men is not to recite the Great Kalimah. What is the greatest evil done by those who have recited the Great Kalimah? The greatest evil done by those who have recited the Great Kalimah is not to deliver the Great Kalimah to those who have not recited the Great Kalimah.
However, there are many Muslims who want to solve their problems only by making doa. Because many Muslims know that their doa is not acceptable to Allah they make the practice of asking others whom they believe to be pious to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. Is this practice of requesting the pious persons to make doa in order for their problems to be solved by Allah is recommended in Islam? What is the Hukum of requesting the pious persons to make doa in order for our problems to be solved by Allah? It is makruh for Muslims to ask the pious persons to make doa so that his or her problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, in case you are a pious Muslim, it is not advisable or recommended for you to make doa when you are being asked by someone who has problems to make doa. In case Allah solves the problems, it may lead them to believe that it is because of your doa, their problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, it is advisable for any Muslims who have problems to make doa themselves so that they believe it is Allah who is solving their problems.
Why our doa is not accepted by Allah? Although we are Muslims but our doa is not accepted by Allah because we have disobeyed the orders of Allah particularly we have disobeyed the first order of Allah. In order for our doa to be accepted by Allah we have to obey all the orders of Allah particularly the very first order of Allah which is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. When Allah is pleased with us, Allah will accept our doa and Allah will solve all our problems. Allah orders the Muslims to perform prayer and bear patient whenever they have problems. Allah never orders Muslims to go to the pious Muslims in order to ask the pious Muslims to make doa for them. Muslims should make doa themselves and not to ask others to make doa for them. There is no need for Muslims to ask others to make doa for them as they can make doa themselves. All Muslims should be able to make doa themselves and they should not go to others whom they believe to be pious to make doa for them. In Islam it is makruh to request others to make doa for us so that our problems are solved by Allah. All Muslims is capable of becoming the persons whom their doa will be accepted by Allah provided that person is ready to recite the Great Kalimah and ready to obey all the orders of Allah particularly the very first order of Allah which is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased.
Everyone in this world is able to become the lover of Allah provided they choose to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah including the first order of Allah with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. In order to be able to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah, men require only time. Who has the time to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah including the first order of Allah? Whoever is still alive in this world has the time to choose to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah. Men will loss the time to be able to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah the moment men die or leave this world. How to make our doa accepted by Allah? Doa is the weapon of the believer. What it means by the weapon of the believer? The doa of the Muslims will become the weapon of the Muslims, when the doa of Muslims is accepted by Allah and when all the problems of the Muslims are solved by Allah through the doa of the Muslims. Doa is not the weapon of the Muslims who are not believers.
Many Muslims are Muslims who have entered Islam but they do not have iman which qualify them to become believers. There are Muslims who have iman but the level of iman does not qualify them to become believers. Muslims who are not believers cannot make their doa as their weapons because the doa of Muslims who are not believers is not accepted by Allah. In order for Muslims to be able to use their doa as weapons and with the permission of Allah will solve their problems, the Muslims must become believers. In order for the Muslims to become believers the Muslims must do the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah, which is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. When Muslims are doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased, then Allah will make the iman of the Muslims to become stronger. When the iman of the Muslims increases to the level which Allah is pleased, then the Muslims will become believers. When the Muslims have became believers the Muslims will have sincerity in their doa and when the doa of the Muslims is sincere then only the doa of the Muslims is accepted by Allah and the problems of the Muslims are solved by Allah.
Muslims are said to be sincere in making doa when the Muslims make doa with the intention to please Allah. When Muslims are making doa with the intention Allah will grant whatever being asked in the doa, the Muslims are not making doa with sincerity. Why the Muslims are not sincere in making doa? Muslims are not sincere in making doa because they are not believers. Why the Muslims are not believers? Almost all Muslims in this world are not believers because nearly all the Muslims in this world is not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way done by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah. In my opinion, nowadays the doa of the Muslims is not accepted by Allah because many of the problems of the Muslims are not solved by Allah even though Muslims in all over the world are making doa to Allah. Although Muslims in all over the world are making doa to Allah so that Allah will solve the problems of the Muslims in Palestine but the problems of the Muslims Palestinians remain unsolved. All Muslims are making doa to Allah so that Allah will help the Muslims in Palestine against the Jews in Israel who are the enemies of the Muslims and the Palestinians but Allah is not helping the Muslims and the Palestinians. Muslims have been making doa to Allah so that Allah is helping the Muslims against their enemies but until today the Muslims of Palestine are tortured and being driven away from their homeland by the Jews of Israel.
Muslims are making doa so that Allah is helping the Palestinians. Muslims are also making doa so that the third holiest Masjid in Islam which is Masjid Aqsa is taken back from the control of the Jews. Muslims are making this doa for so many years but until today is not granted by Allah. In my opinion the doa of all in the Muslims in this world is not accepted by Allah. As I can remember, the imam of my mosque has been making the doa to Allah so that the Palestinians are protected and helped by Allah from the aggression of the Jews but in my opinion, I think the doa of my imam is not granted by Allah. In my opinion it is only recently Allah is helping the Palestinian against their enemies. It is historical when for the first time since many years Palestine is being accepted to become an independent state observer in the United Nation. The acceptance of Palestine to become an independent state observer in the United Nation is an early sign that the world is going to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. At the moment the world has not recognized Palestine as a sovereign state. The recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state by the United Nation is important in order for Palestine to bring Israel to the international court of justice on the charges of aggression against humanity.
Why it is only now Allah is starting to help the Muslims? In my opinion, it is only now that Allah is starting to answer the doa of the Muslims because it is only recently there is a small number of Muslims in this world who have started doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively in the same way as shown by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah. It is only recently Allah is removing the cruel leaders such as Muhammar Ghadafi and Hosni Mubarak from becoming the leaders of the Muslims. We have seen recently phenomena in the Arab worlds known as the Arab Spring. Arab Spring is the awakening of the Muslims Arab from decade years of control by cruel leaders who have rule the Arab Muslims with cruelty and injustice. It is only recently Allah is removing these cruel leaders from becoming the leaders of the Muslims Arab. During all this while Allah is punishing the Muslims particularly the Arab Muslims by appointing cruel leaders to become the leaders of the Muslims. Why the Muslims are being punished by Allah? Allah is punishing the Muslims because during all these while the Muslims are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as shown by Prophet Muhammad saw.
When recently about 4 years ago when even a very small number of Muslims in this world have started doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah, then Allah starts to listen to the doa of the Muslims. When even a small number of Muslims in this world is doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw, hence it is the same as if the Prophet Muhammad saw has become alive among the Muslims. It is the promise of Allah in the Quran that Allah will never punished the Muslims as long as the Prophet Muhammad saw is with them and that the Muslims make istigfar and taubah to Allah. It is because of this Allah has remove all the punishments recently from the Muslims and one of the punishment which is being removed from the Muslims is Allah is removing the cruel leaders from becoming the leaders of the Muslims. Prophet Muhammad saw was reported to have said with the approximate meaning, when the Muslims are no longer doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils, a time will come when the Muslims make doa, their doa will not be accepted by Allah, whatever the Muslims are requesting from Allah will not be granted and whenever the Muslims are asking Allah to help them against their enemies and Allah will not help the Muslims.
It is also reported in a Hadis with approximate meaning; when the Muslims are leaving the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw, Allah will give to the Muslims cruel leaders to rule them who will have no mercy on their young and who will not honor their elders. Why is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is so important to be obeyed by the Muslims or otherwise the doa of the Muslims is not accepted by Allah? Why when the Muslims disobey the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, Allah becomes very angry with the Muslims? When the Muslims are leaving the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils Allah become very angry with the Muslims to the extent, Allah is not ready to listen to the doa of the Muslims, Allah is not willing to grant anything which the Muslims have asked from Allah and Allah is not willing to help the Muslims against their enemies. What will happen to the Muslims when their doa is not accepted by Allah? What will happen to the Muslims when Allah is not willing to help the Muslims against their enemies? What will happen to the Muslims when Allah is not willing to grant whatever the Muslims have asked from Allah?
When Allah is no longer helping the Muslims against their enemies, the Muslims will be butchered and slaughtered by their enemies. This is what is really happening to the Muslims today. What is the ranking of this order to Allah? Why is this order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is very important in Islam? Why is this order so important in the eyes of Allah which makes Allah to become very angry with the Muslims when the Muslims are neglecting this order? The ranking of the order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is ranking as the number one order of Allah to the Muslims or to anyone who have recited the Great Kalimah. The first order of Allah to a person who has just become Muslim or who has just recited the Great Kalimah is to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils and this work is the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah of I bear witness, there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah.The work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is ranking as the number one order of Allah to the Muslims. Because it is ranking as the number one order of Allah, it is no wonder that Allah become very angry with the Muslims when the Muslims are neglecting the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils. When even a small group of Muslims have started to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils collectively as done by Prophet Muhammad saw in this world, Allah become very pleased with all the Muslims and now in my opinion Allah has started to listen to the doa of the Muslims.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
March 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre