Effect of Prayer on Fate and Calamities

Wisdom of Prayer in Hadith

From the section 'Prayer in Hadith' in the book 'Prayers and Dhikr' by Mahmud Sami Ramazanoğlu

“Avoiding fate does not avert it. However, the prayers of the righteous can avert and remove the suffering and calamities that have befallen and will befall. Therefore, O servants of Allah, pray.” (Tirmidhi, Da'awat, 101)