Du'a (supplication and invoking aid) is worship ('ibadah). Allah Most High says in the Qur'an, "And your Lord says, 'Call upon Me; I will respond to you'. Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell contemptible" (Al-Ghafir, 60). In this verse Allah has equated du'a to worship.
The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) is reported to have said, "Du'a is worship, and then he recited the following verse of the Qur'an, 'And your Lord says, Call upon Me;...
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A questioner asked me about the statement of the Imam of the Path, the Pole of Reality, Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani (Allah Most High be pleased with him and give him satisfaction) in Ghuniyyat al-Talibin when mentioning the sects that will not attain salvation where he divided the Murji'ah into twelve sects, and one of them were the Hanafis. Then after a detailed explanation, he said: "As far as the Hanafis are concerned, they are the companions of Abu Hanifah al-Nu'man. He believed that...
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