The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said "O people! Allah is Pure and, therefore, accepts only that which is pure. Allah has commanded the believers as He has commanded His Messengers by saying
'O Messengers! Eat of the good things, and do good deeds.' (23:51) And He said: 'O you who believe, Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you..."' (2:172).
Then he (ﷺ) made a mention of the person who travels for a long period of time, his hair are dishevelled and covered with dust. He lifts his hand towards the sky and thus makes the supplication: 'My Lord! My Lord!' But his food is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his clothes are unlawful and his nourishment is unlawful, how can, then his supplication be accepted?"
It was once said to Ibraaheem ibn Adham "Why is it that we supplicate and receive no response" ?
Ibraheem ibn Adam replied "Because you know Allaah but you do not obey Him, and you know the Messenger but you do not follow his Sunnah, and you know the Qur’aan but you do not act in accordance with it, and you eat from the blessings of Allaah but you do not give thanks for them, and you know Paradise but you do not seek it, and you know Hell but you do not flee from it.
You know the shaytaan but you do not fight him rather you agree with him, and you know death but you do not prepare for it, and you have buried the dead but you do not learn a lesson from that, and you ignore your own faults and are preoccupied with other people’s faults".
-Jami ul Uloom Wal Hikam, Sahih Muslim, Tafseer al-Qurtubi
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