Types of Acceptance
There are different types of acceptance. One type of
acceptance is that the validity of a particular action is
accepted. For example, the Prophet of Allah said in one
hadith (narration);
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ال يقبل الل صالة أحدمك إذا أحدث ت
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يتوضأ
“Allah will not accept the prayer of anyone of you
when you break your wudu until you renew it.”
The word that is used here is also acceptance. The Prophet
of Allah is talking about the acceptance in terms of the
validity – the prayer will not be valid if you do not make your
wudu. In another hadith, the Prophet of Allah said:
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من ا� عرافا فسأهل عن ش� مل تقبل هل صالة
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اربع� ليل
“Whoever visits a fortune teller and asks him for
something, his prayer will not be accepted for forty
nights.” (Sahih Muslim)
By going to such people and asking them about your future,
your prayer will not be accepted for forty days. One may be
praying his prayer in the very best way, he may be doing his
wudu with khushoo (tranquility) and he may be abiding by
all the rulings of prayer; but it will not be accepted in the
sight Allah .
This acceptance is, for example, you go to the fruit section
in a supermarket, with a list which your wife might have
given you, i.e. bananas, apples. When you get there you see
the grapes looking very beautiful and juicy. But because your
purpose wasn’t to buy them, you don’t get them. They are not
accepted near you; these grapes did not get that acceptance
from you and those bananas and apples got that acceptance
from you. This is what acceptance is.
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