IN THE NAME OF GOD

CONSOLATIONS TO ALL THE MUSLIMS OF THE WORLD ON THE OCCASION OF MARTYRDOM OF IMAM BAGHER

 Praying to God:

In the Name of God  “Who is He who fulfills the prayers of the helpless people calling Him and removes their sufferings and pains?” (Sura: Namal, verse: 62)

 The helpless people calling Him, means that God shall fulfill the prayers of those who call Him. The word: helpless means that at present, the prayers of the claimant are true and are not useless. The other adverb used for prayers is that God prescribed: “(When) calling Him” is to state that God fulfills the prayers when the claimant truly calls Him, not when he asks God for help but he wishes the other means to help him and this shall happen when the claimant does not expect anyone to help him and is aware that no one and nothing might help him, and at this time, he truly wishes for God’s help.

 So, if the prayers are honest and true, and when the person in need only calls God, this is the time, when God shall fulfill his prayers and shall solve the problem which has bothered him. ¹

 In verse 60 of sura: Momen, God prescribes: “I am near you and when I am called, I shall fulfill your needs.”

 By observing such verses, the heart makes sure that the only one who fulfills one’s wishes and one’s prayers is Almighty God. He is the absolute owner and the only possessor of the world of being and this is obvious that it is essential to ask him to help us, which makes a means of faith and no one but God shall deserve to be requested for help.²

 In Nahjolbalaghah, in one of the testimonies of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) to Imam Hossein (p.b.u.h.) it has been mentioned:

 “Almighty God put in your hands the key to all His mysteries treasury and the clue is that He has let you ask him for help. By the same key, which is prayers, you might open every door to His graces and you might let the rain of His graces come to you. So, never be disappointed by God’s fulfillment of your prayers because you will receive the same amount you had asked for and fulfillment of your prayers is delayed when it will bring to you more awards and the greatest grant is the same as the wish and the expectation for help. You might ask God for something of which He will deprive you, but He will give you something better instead whether in this world or after death. Probably He does not fulfill your prayers, only to take out of you a catastrophe, because you had requested for something which was harmful to you. It happens many times that you ask Him for something which is harmful and will destroy you religion. If God fulfills your wish, you will lose your faith and religion, so, you would rather ask God for something the beauty and grace of which will remain.”³

 Imam Mohammad Bagher (p.b.u.h.) stated: “God might shame of rejecting the prayers and wills of the creature who has taken his hands to Almighty God, for having not fulfilled his prayers. Finally, God will put in it something out of His grace. So, whenever you pray, do not take back your hands, without put your hands on your face and your head”.⁴