How the Oppressed Made Dua: A True Hadith Story

One example of an oppressed person's supplication being answered is what happened between Saad (RA) and Abu Sa'dah. When he was asked about Saad (RA), Sa’dah said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal verdicts." (On hearing it) Sa`d said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old man in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse.