The Faithful ask for and abide by Guidance

The Faithful ask for and abide by Guidance

If someone asks, "Why does the believer ask Allah for guidance
during every prayer and at other times, while he is already
properly guided Has he not already acquired guidance?''
The answer to these questions is that if it were not a fact that
the believer needs to keep asking for guidance day and night,
Allah would not have directed him to invoke Him to acquire the
guidance. The servant needs Allah the Exalted every hour of his
life to help him remain firm on the path of guidance and to
make him even more firm and persistent on it. The servant does
not have the power to benefit or harm himself, except by Allah's
permission. Therefore, Allah directed the servant to invoke Him
constantly, so that He provides him with His aid and with
firmness and success.
Indeed, the happy person is he whom Allah guides to ask of
Him. This is especially the case if a person urgently needs
Allah's help day or night.

Imam Ahmad recorded in his Musnad that An-Nawwas
bin Sam`an said that the Prophet said,
Allah has set an example:
a Sirat (straight path) that is surrounded by two
walls on both sides, with several open doors
within the walls covered with curtains. There is a
caller on the gate of the Sirat who heralds,
'O people! Stay on the path and do not deviate
from it.'
Meanwhile, a caller from above the path is also
warning any person who wants to open any of
these doors,
'Woe unto you! Do not open it, for if you open it
you will pass through.'
- The straight path is Islam,
- the two walls are Allah's set limits,
- while the doors resemble what Allah has
prohibited.
- The caller on the gate of the Sirat is the Book of
Allah,
- while the caller above the Sirat is Allah's
admonishment in the heart of every Muslim.