A Pearl of Wisdom from ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

ʿUmar (raḍya Allāhu ʿanhu) said:

إِنِّي لَا أَحْمِلُ هَمَّ الْإِجَابَةِ وَلَكِنْ أَحْمِلُ هَمَّ الدُّعَاءِ فَإِذَا أُلْهِمْتُ الدُّعَاءَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الْإِجَابَةَ مَعَهُ

“I am not anxious regarding my prayers getting answered. Rather, I concentrate on engaging in supplication. When I pray, I know that a response comes with it.”

(Madārij al-Sālikīn, 3:103)