Chapter: Being Firm In Supplication And Not Saying: If You Will

Hadith 2678 Part A

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Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

When one of you makes supplication, he should supplicate with a will and should not say: O Allah, confer upon me if Thou likest, for there is none to coerce Allah.

Hadith 2679 Part A

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

When one of you makes a supplication (to his Lord) one should not say: O Allah, grant me pardon, if Thou so likest, but one should beg one's (Lord) with a will and full devotion, for there is nothing so great in the eye of Allah which He cannot grant.

Hadith 2679 Part B

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

None of you should say to Allah (like this): O Allah, grant me mercy, if thou so likest. The supplication (of his) should (be permeated with) conviction (that it would be accepted by the Lord), for Allah is the Doer of (everything) He likes to do, and there is none to force Him (to do or not to do this or that).