Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Prayer before the fall of Misfortune َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َ فِي الدُّعَاءِ اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِهِ الْبَلاءُ وَقَالَتِ الْ٠َلائِكَةُ صَوْتٌ ٠ْ يُحْجَبْ عَنِ السَّ٠ْ فِي الدُّعَاءِ لَ٠ْ يُسْتَجَبْ لَهُ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِهِ الْبَلاءُ وَقَالَتِ الْ٠َلائِكَةُ إِنَّ ذَا الصَّوْتَ لا نَعْرِفُهُ.

’ If one does not pray and plead before Allah for help before the fall of misfortune, his prayer will not be accepted when it falls upon him. The angels will say, ‘We do not know this voice.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/22))