1/980ــ عن أبي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «ثلاثُ دَعَوَاتٍ مُسْتَجَابَاتٌ لاشكَّ فيهنَّ: دَعوَةُ المظلُومِ، ودعوةُ المسَافرِ، ودعوةُ الوالدِ علىٰ ولدِهِ».
980/1 - Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Three supplications are undoubtedly answered: the supplication of the oppressed, the supplication by a traveler, and the supplication of a parent against his child.”
رواه أبو داود والترمذي، وقال: حديث حسن. وليس في رواية أبي داود: «علىٰ ولدِهِ».
[Narrated by Abu Dāwūd and Al-Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hasan (sound)]. The version by Abu Dāwūd does not contain: “against his child”.
1) المظلوم دعوته مستجابة إذَا دعا علىٰ ظالمه بمثل مظلمته أو أقل، أما إذَا تجاوز فإنه يكون معتدياً. والله تعالىٰ يستجيب دعاء المظلوم ولو كَانَ كافراً، لا حبّاً لَهُ، ولكن حبّاً للعدل.
1) The supplication of an oppressed person is readily answered, if he supplicates against his oppressor to suffer something similar to or less than the harm he inflicted upon him. If he supplicates beyond that, he has thus transgressed. Allah Almighty answers the supplication of an oppressed person, even if he is a disbeliever, not out of love for him, but out of love for justice.
2) الحث علىٰ اغتنام فرصة الدعاء في السفر، وذلك لأن المسافر محتاج منقطع، والعبد المضطر إذا دعا ربَّه فإنه يُستجاب لَهُ.
2) We are urged to seize the opportunity for supplication during travel. This is because a traveler is in temporary need, and when a person in need supplicates his Lord, He responds to him.
3) دعوة الوالد ــ سواءٌ الأب أو الأم ــ لولده بالخير أو علىٰ ولده مستجابة؛ أما دعوته لولده فلأنه يدعو شفقةً ورحمةً، وأما دعوته عليه فلأن الوالد لا يدعو عليه إلَّا باستحقاق.
3) The supplication of a parent, whether it is the father or mother, for or against his child is readily answered. As for his supplication for his child, it is answered because he makes it out of mercy and compassion towards him. His supplication against him is answered because the parent would not supplicate against his child except if the child deserves it.