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Does ALLAH listen to our prayer?

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Assalam O Alaikum,

I cry most of nights while praying to ALLAH. I keep talking like I am saying this all to ALLAH just like when you are in pain and you blast out & say whats in your heart. I want to know that does ALLAH like when people cry & ask for something? I know I am not such pious man that ALLAH accept my pray quickly. Does ALLAH listen to my prayers?Or because I was bad & sinned in my past so ALLAH will not listen to me? Does praying & crying to ALLAH changes ones future?

My second question is that i heard somewhere that ALLAH see & like counts the tears of a women when she cries?Is it true?if yes then what happens if a man cries?Does ALLAH take pity on that too???

Hassani.


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  1. Salaams,

    Allah hears all things, whether we are praying and saying them out loud or just in our hearts. We are a precious creation that He made with a purpose, and He loves for us to come to Him and bring all our troubles and needs to Him. Indeed, part of our purpose for being is to realize just how dependent we are on Him, and apart from Him we can do nothing. When we turn to Allah for any and all needs or wishes, we are acting according to our fitra.

    We all sin, and you are right that sins have consequences of separating us from Allah. But if you truly repent and ask Allah for forgiveness, He will forgive you and continue to hear your needs. He will answer all of your duas according to His perfect decree for your life, and you can trust that anything that happens is just as He planned for you.

    What you mentioned about Allah counting the tears of a woman is not literal. Allah does not count anything; He has no need to. That illustration is only to show us that Allah cares very much about our emotions and the desires we have for something to be a certain way. He treasures the vulnerability in all humanity, both male and female, because according to hadith we are all equal as teeth on a comb.

    It sounds as if you are going through a very difficult time. Please know that Allah is supporting you even if you feel you can't support yourself. Allah does not give any person more than what he can bear. An ayat that really comforts me when I'm feeling overwhelmed with despair is from Surah Yunas, perhaps it will comfort you as well:

    (10:107) If Allah afflicts you with any hardship, none other than He can remove it; and if He wills any good for you, none can avert His bounty. He bestows good upon whomsoever of His servants He wills. He is AllForgiving, All-Merciful.'

    -Amy
    IslamicAnswers.com Editor

  2. Assalaam Walekum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatahu Brother,

    Your present state ( Allah The All Knowing ,knows better) is one of the most best a human being can achieve.Even people close to Almighty, take refuge in such states to be closer to the Almighty.Allah Tabarakwa taalla has sent us down to earth just to know HIM. And by committing a sin and then realising it, and then asking for forgiveness one tends to knock at the door of Tauba, which is kept open for believers,till the day of Judgement.So knock as much as you can. Thereby we come to know HIS Gafururrahim Sifat.

    My brother , Allah has mentioned in Quran for people like you:

    TELL THEM WHO HAVE SINNED AND ARE REPENTING, NOT TO FEEL THAT THEIR SINS WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN, FOR SURE AND WITHOUT DOUBT ALLAH WILL FORGIVE ALL THE SINS.

    My brother Also Allah Says in Quran:

    IF I WAS TO GIVE JUDGEMENT FOR YOUR SINS IN THIS WORLD NONE OF THE LIVING THING WOULD HAVE LEFT ALIVE.

    MUCH OF YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN WITHOUT EVEN NOTICING THEM, AND THOSE WHICH CANNOT BE FORGIVEN WE TURN BACK TO YOU,FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

    HOW CAN ONE BEING SAY HE IS SINLESS, WHEN I KNOW HOW CLOSE YOU GET TO A SIN AND JUST WITHDRAW.

    Even the likes of most pious people in Islam, when they wanted something from Allah subhaanwataala, would make supplications presenting themselves as biggest sinners.Once in Mecca , while people were doing Tawaaf, they heard a man ,with covered face, begging and crying next To Allah's House.He was again and again saying: o my lord, i am the biggest sinner amongst your creation, please forgive me, for I have committed this, and that.And his tears could be seen dropping by everyone.Such was his begging that every pious men around stopped their tawaaf and came to him.They felt compassionate about him.They asked him, ohh man show us your face, tell us about yourself, so that we can ask for your forgiveness.After intial reluctance the man shows his face,and every single man present was stunned.They were stunned as it was none other than Hazrat Zain- ul- Aabidin Rahmatullahi alaihi.He was that man who saw everything in his life being destroyed for the sake of Islam,when every one of his family was massacred at Karbala.After which Through him Islam was revived once again.

    He was not a sinner but while making duwa he acted like one just to get benefit of that Rahamat of Rabbil Aalamin which is only reserved for people who come to knock at the door of Tauba.

    My brother, taubah which you have been blessed with is key to all locked fortunes in your life.And tell me how could an ordinary man like me can ask for Taubah, without having a realisation of having committed something wrong.As Hazrat Umar Radiallahu Taalla Anhu once described, a person who has accepted Islam can only define correctly what it is like being kafir or doing kufra.Some people are meant to get closeness of Allah Paak through the door of Taubah.

    So all the cries, and pleas you have been making, not to be forgetting every single breath of troubled heart you have been taking in and out, is not ignored by the Almighty.Every single one is noted.And even times in which after crying for long a person almost reaches a state where he feels like unconcious those moments are also been recorded, He records every minute detail.

    It is past down in Hadiths of Aap Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam that: On the day on judgement, when momin, will be rewarded for their unanswered prayers, they would say: Wish none of my prayers were answered in the world.And the reason for delay in answer or not answering of prayers was just that if, answered that would have done more harm to him than good. Such is the kindness of our Lord.

    Even as you sit idle on the place of worship, there are angels who are reffering to Allah Tabarakwataalla to forgive you and make you clean as a new born baby,and turn all your bad deeds into good.

    Brother, as a common man we can only come to know that our taubah has been accepted, by signs in our day to day life.Like you will find yourself detached from things, company which you used to enjoy before repenting.If after repenting your way of living life has changed then , Inshaallah your Taubah has been accepted in the court of Almighty.

    Man and woman both are equal infront of eyes of Allah subhaan wataalla.

    May Allah bless you with peace in your heart and accept all your prayers in a way which would be good for you.Aameen.

    And if you pray and cry next time please include all the sinners out here also.Because Huzoor Khatamul Nabi sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has told, that none of you can be a muslim if you cannot feel what pains your brother muslim from the east or west.

    May Allah The most forgiving have mercy upon me for if I have written something intentionally or unintentionally wrong about HIM and His Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa sallam.

    Allah Hafiz Wa Nasir

  3. I loved Mohammed Ali's response. Thank you.

    • Yes, it broke my heart, too. May Allah (swt) reward you for such a response Br.Mohammed Ali.

    • Asalam-o-Alaikum

      Brother, All i would like to say, In your prayer when you go to Rakuh

      what you are told to read ?

      SamiAllah huliman hamidah

      "Allah listens to the one who praises Him"

  4. i have a question like mr hassani...but i got ans from md ali..thank you for your wonderful reply...its a very help full for me...

    and i have a one question...in shabe kador night..allah accept our all prayer..how can i pray allah that night for his happiness and give us his rewards for us

  5. Slaam my name is Zahara
    I wanted to know if we are obsessed with something and and we keep thinking of things that make us cry all the time is that from Allah swell as in did Allah plan that too for us

    • Please someone answer this question i also wanna know this?

      • No, we have control over our thoughts. To say an obsession is from Allah is incorrect. If you were obsessed with pornography would that be from Allah?

        We have the ability to control/ change our thoughts. If we can't do it ourselves we should seek professional help in doing so.

  6. if one fall in love with a non muslim ... is it a sin ? and if a person is not able to get out of that love than is that a sin ?i don't know that i am obsessed or i am falling more in love with him.... i don't know what to do .. i cry all the time... please help me

    • Relation ship with non mehrem men whether muslim or non muslim it is sin and not allowed in islam ...marriage with non muslim is not allowed ..

      • I have some questions regarding your answer:
        How great is this sin in the grand scheme of islam?
        Is it forgivable?
        And furthermore, I read that the reason it is not allowed for a woman to marry a non-muslim man is because the man dictates the religion of the household and the kids after. However, nowadays the woman is considered the head of the household and mostly everything is followed from the mothers side; she is considered the head of the household, especially in western society, the woman dictates the lifestyle of her family far more than the man. Why is it now allowed for a woman to marry outside of islam then?
        Lastly,
        Then why did allah allow their paths to cross?

        Is it not more important to marry a good man/woman who follows good teachings rather than to marry a labeled "muslim" with bad character? Allah SWT says to marry a man/woman of the book, it has always been interpreted as marry a man is islam and a woman of jewish, christian, or muslim belief. But instead, why isn't it seen as marrying an individual who follows the proper teachings of the book? regardless of religion, spending your life with a lying or alcoholic, etc, any non practising muslim who is muslim by title is far worse than marrying a good person who may not be muslim.

  7. Thank You all for this beautiful reminder#may Allah grand us pure understanding . Amin

  8. I also played and cried alot for completion of my wish....but Allah did not listen me...and my wish is not completed..

  9. i have done alot of sins, i have gotten in bad things, some include watching bad things. I now wonder if i pray and ask allah for forgiveness will he forgive me and listen to my dua's. Will allah be happy with me. Does allah forgive all sins. We he ever be happy with me again. I have also got my parents mad with me. Do you think allah will forgive me.?

  10. Allah listen even to donot say

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