106. Asserting a Supplication

عن أبي هُرَيْرَةَ قال قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لَا يَقُولَنَّ أحدكم اللهم اغْفِرْ لي إن شِئْتَ اللهم ارْحَمْنِي إن شِئْتَ لِيَعْزِمْ في الدُّعَاءِ فان اللَّهَ صَانِعٌ ما شَاءَ لَا مُكْرِهَ له

Abu Huraryrah (rta) stated that the Prophet (sws) said: “When anyone of you supplicates, he should not say: ‘God! If You want, forgive me, if You want, have mercy on me.’ He should assert himself while asking from God because God will do what He wants. No one can force Him.”[1]

[1]. Muslim, Al-Jami‘ al-sahih, vol. 4, 2063, (no. 2679).