A group of Christians from a local church were concerned and...

A group of Christians from a local church were concerned and planned an all-night prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It just so happened that shortly thereafter lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground. The owner of the bar sued the church, claiming that the prayers of the congregation were responsible, but the church hired a lawyer to argue in court that they were not responsible.

The presiding judge, after his initial review of the case, stated that "No matter how this case comes out, one thing is clear. The tavern owner believes in prayer and the Christians do not." (C) Beseech Allah for Everything and on Every Time: One other observation is that we should beseech Allah's help to all our serious and trivial problems. It is true that a man should ask Allah for everything, even for the salt of his table, but important things come first.

Our Prophets asked for victory, asked for truth to win. The followers of Prophet Moses (p.b.u.h.) used to ask for steadfastness, and patience against troubles. Everybody should ask for Islam's victory. Dua should go with the time, and many scholars say that Dua is not that which is written in books only, but a man is allowed to pray the way he wants. Dua is a contact with Almighty God, so make the contact the way you feel best.

Of course, the Duas of our Imams (p.b.u.t.) are more comprehensive and effective, but making contact yourself with your own words and thoughts is allowed too. Express your inner feelings to Almighty God. Our Imams (p.b.u.t.) use to pray for social conditions and political conditions that they lived in. Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) would pray against Moawiya and Amr Ibn Aas. Imam Hussain (p.b.u.h.) prayed against the army of Bani Umayya on the day of Ashura.

If the Dua in books doesn't express what you feel, go ahead and express your feelings from the bottom of your heart, with choking voice with all devotion and concentration. Previous…