No one makes a supplication without one of three things happening: either it is answered for him, or it is stored away for him, or it becomes an atonement for his sins.
و حدثني عن مالك
ما من داع يدعو إلا كان بين إحدى ثلاث إما أن يستجاب له وإما أن يدخر له وإما أن يكفر عنه