Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is repeating prayer requests acceptable?

“Whenever we pray to God, is it alright if we repeat the prayer request each time we pray? Like, we consider some prayer points to be prayed upon repeatedly over a long period of time, say a few months or years maybe?”Asked by ادیتی شرما, نیو دہلی

He answers at 1:38:42 in Divine Ideology of Life I · 2 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:38:42
maulana, yeh sawal kiya hai ms aditi sharma ne new delhi se. unhon ne likha hai ke "Whenever we pray to God, is it alright if we repeat the prayer request each time we pray? Like, we consider some prayer points to be prayed upon repeatedly over a long period of time, say few months or years maybe?" repeat karna bohat achi baat hai. lekin yeh nahi samajhna ke aap ne das baar repeat kar diya to yeh ho jayega, bees baar approve ho jayega. yeh ginti based jo repetition hai, woh galat hai. yani ginti mein koi aap samajh lein ke is mein koi mysterious koi cheez hai, woh galat hai. baqi apne apne jo feeling hai, us ko aap bar bar dohraayein to bari achi baat hai.
1:39:31
yani repeated, repeated is sirf is not wrong, it is good lekin gintiyon ko samajh lein, agar das baar dohrana to yeh ho jayega, so baar dohrana to woh ho jayega, yeh bilkul galat hai. is ki koi is ki koi base baseless hai yeh. maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai mr shaukat ali ka sialkot pakistan se. unhon ne likha hai ke "kya momin ka maqsad sirf achhe kaam kar ke jannat mein jana hai? agar
1:40:05
yahi maqsad hai to is ka matlab sirf yahi hai ke ek mazdoor ko us ki mazdoori ka milna?" maulana, is ko explain kijiye. nahin, main ne abhi kaha hai ke dekhiye ke asal cheez hai tazkiya. yani self purification. yeh mazdoori aur price ki baat nahin hai. yeh koi price ki baat nahin hai. yani purified soul hi jayega paradise mein. purified soul ka matlab kya hai? jis ke andar negativity na ho. jis ke andar intolerance na ho. jis ke andar violence na ho. jo animosity na ho.
1:40:46
jis ke andar Allah ka khauf ho, Allah se mohabbat ho. to yeh purified soul us ko kaha gaya hai. to purified soul paradise ho jayega. aur koi is ki price nahin hai. maulana, yeh sawal kiya hai Mr. Idrees ne Raipur se. unhon ne likha hai ke "If one gets only few minutes of opportunity to do Dawa work with a stranger, how and what part should be communicated to him?" part?
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