Concerning this issue...

Concerning this issue, there are numerous traditions in Al-Mahajjat al-Baydhaa , Bihar al-Anwar , and al-Kafi which have dealt with the matter to such an extent that no sufferer or miserable person could bring excuses when not practicing supplication. In Al-Mahajjat al-Baydhaa , it is narrated from Imam as-Sadiq (s): إنَّ عِندَ اللهِ مَنْزِلَةً لا تُنالُ إلاّ بالمَسْألَةِ.

“There is an honorable position near Allah which can be earned only through supplication.”[^4] It is also narrated from Imam Ali (s): إدْفَعوا أمْواجَ البَلاءِ بِالدُّعاءِ. “Be safe from the waves of disasters by supplication.”[^5] The Rationale behind Supplication If we put aside the reasons offered by the infallible imams about the necessity of…