Supplication is worship.
“Supplication is worship.”
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that supplication is worship.
The plain meaning, from HadeethEnc
عن النعمان بن بَشِير رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت النبيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ»، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: «{وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ} [غافر: 60]».
An-Nu‘mān ibn Bashīr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Supplication is worship." Then, he recited: {Your Lord says: "Call upon Me; I will respond to you. Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell, utterly debased."} [Surat Ghāfir: 60]
What does Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3372 mean?
Narrated by an-Nu‘man ibn Bashir, who reports that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said this and then recited the verse: “Call upon Me; I will respond to you — those too proud to worship Me will enter Hell debased.” The recitation is the argument. Supplication is called worship because the verse treats refusing to ask as refusing to worship.
Written from HadeethEnc