Attitudes That Can Nullify Prayers According to Hadith

Prayer is one form of effort by a Muslim in seeking help and placing hope in Allah SWT. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, in Ad-Da’ wa ad-Dawa, reminds that a hasty attitude in waiting for prayers to be answered can actually be one of the causes of prayers being blocked. The Prophet Muhammad SAW, in his saying, explained what is meant by being hasty in prayer.

In Ad-Da’ wa ad-Dawa, it is explained that one of the things that can nullify prayers is a hasty attitude in waiting for them to be answered. When a prayer that has been offered has not yet received the answer as expected, a person may feel that their prayer is taking too long to be granted. That feeling then gives rise to anxiety and ultimately causes them to stop praying.

This condition can be likened to a farmer who plants seeds. At first, he tends the plants with full attention and waters them regularly. However, when growth is slow and the results are not yet as expected, he begins to lose patience. The plants are then abandoned and no longer cared for. As a result, it is not a good harvest that is obtained, but failure.