Is it a condition for the prayer of the oppressed to be answered that it be made with burning emotion and conviction, or will it be answered even if it is made with coldness, hesitation, and indifference?
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He exaggerates the right of the oppressed person's supplication because of the brokenness, humility, and state of desperation that afflicts him when oppressed, which makes him worthy of having his supplication answered, in fulfillment of the Almighty's saying: "Is it He Who responds to the distressed one when he calls Him, and removes evil?"
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