Re: Durood
Maulana Rumi gave an anecdote … (Paraphrasing)
A man was in deep need of Allah (SWT) and was supplicating to Him (reciting many du’a) then a cynic walked past him and saw him then each day he would walk past he saw this man doing du’a. And then one day the cynic stopped.
“hey, how long have you been asking Allah (SWT) like this?”
“for many moons” the man replied.
“why are you wasting your time asking what is not going to be granted to you?” asked the cynic.
This brought the man in to a confused state. So he stopped supplicating and withdrew his arms. He fell into a sleep like state and dreamed.
Al-Khidr came to him in his dream.
“Why did you stop your du’a?” He asked him.
“I was made to realise my supplication was futile as it was not being accepted”
So Al-Khidr said, “Don’t you get it? The state of supplication was the answer … When people spend their lives preoccupied in the world, you were spending your time with your heart and mind towards Him. You were at the doorstep of Grace in your state of supplication”
So you see Allah (SWT) Loves to grant du’a as encouragement but also Loves to hold back granting du’a … Because His slaves are closer to Him in the state of need. If we learn that each time something happens we turn to Allah (SWT) even when nothing seems to be answered that is when we know we are in His Divine Protection, because each time despite not getting what we wish for we turn back to Him … And this is what we are Created for. Remember no du’a is lost … It will be counted among the deeds of worship.