Mesorat%20hashas for Rosh Hashanah 32:4

וא"ר יצחק אין דנין את האדם אלא לפי מעשיו של אותה שעה שנאמר (בראשית כא, יז) כי שמע אלהים אל קול הנער באשר הוא שם

as it says, God hath heard the voice of the lad as he is there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXI, 17. Stress is laid on the words as he is there (E.V. 'where he is') ; Ishmael was still righteous, whatever he was destined to become in the future.');">⁷</span> R'Isaac further said: Three things call a man's iniquities to mind, namely, a shaky wall,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By passing under a shaky wall a man, as it were, 'tempts Providence'.');">⁸</span> the scrutinizing of prayer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'speculation in prayer'. To see whether it produces an effect or not. [Or, 'expectation of the immediate grant of one's request'. The offence lies in the presumption of claiming that God must answer prayer of any kind whatsoever. V. Abrahams, I, Pharisaism and Gospels II, 78ff].');">⁹</span>

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