The Etiquettes of Dua (Supplication)

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“......Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.”

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“Those sins which leave regret behind are: To kill someone illegally. About Cain who killed his brother and did not know what to do with his brother’s dead body, God says: “So he became of those who regret.”

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“Also to abandon ties of kinship when he is capable of observing it, to delay performing his prayer, to abandon what has been recommended, not to help the oppressed, not to give alms till the coming of his death and his becoming tongue-tied.”

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“And those sins which destroy blessings are: Sins committed by a man who knows God, rebellion against people, and ridiculing them.”

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“Those sins which repels man’s enjoyment of God’s blessings are: To express one’s destitution, so sleep at the time of morning and night prayer, to underestimate God’s blessings and to complain of God.”