2. Between the time of Athan and Iqama
3. At the time of the call forprayer
4. At the time of fighting when warriors are engaged with each other
5. When it is raining
6. When one is sick
7. The last third of the night
8. Ramadan (especially Lailatul Qadr)
9. After the Fard part of prayer\
10. When traveling
11. When breaking fast
12. In Sujood
13. Fridays, some say on Friday after Asr prayer
14. While drinking the water from the well of Zamzam
15. At the start of prayer (Dua of Istiftah)
16. When one begins the prayer, i.e. with "all praise be to Allah, the
Pure and the Blessed one"
17. While one recites al-Fatiha (which is a Dua)
18. When Ameen is said in the prayer (also relating to Fatiha)
19. At the time of raising the head after the Rukoo
20. In the last part of the prayer after conveying blessings unto the
Prophet (SAW)
21. Before finishing the prayer (before Tasleem (saying the Salaam to
the angels))
22. At the end of Wudu
23. On the day of Arafah
24. On waking up from sleep
25. At times of adversity
26. Prayer after the death of a person
27. Dua when someone's heart is filled with sincerity and when it is
focused on Allah
28. Dua of the parent against or for his children
29. When the sun moves from its meridian but before the Dhuhr prayer
30. The Dua of a Muslim forhis brother without thelatter's knowledge
31. At the time the army advances to fight in theway of Allah.
Dua can be beautified and perfected by certain actions:
1. Have Wudu, face Qibla, be neat and clean
2. Raise both hands up to the shoulder with palms open facing up
3. Use words of Allah and Muhammad (SAW)- i.e. Duas found in Quran andHadith
4. Ask by Asma alHusna- Allah's Beautiful Names
5. Ask Allah by your good deeds
6. Be insistent-repeat (i.e. 3x's)
7. Glorify Allah and recite Durud for the Prophet (SAW) at both the
beginning and end
8. Show humility, entreaty, desire and fear while making Dua
9. Repent and try to make amends where one has wronged
10. Confess mistakes, shortcomings, and sins
11. Keep voice between a whisper and speaking aloud
12. Show the need for Allah's help and implore Him for releasefrom
weakness, hardship and tribulation.
13. Seize the opportunity of time, situation and circumstance in which
prayers are answered
14. Avoid rhymed prose to keep concentration
15. Crying when making Dua
16. "The Dua of Dhun-Nun(Yunus) by which he invoked Allah from within
the belly of thewhale was: ' LAa ilahailla Anta, Subhanaka innee kuntu
min aDH-DHaalimeen.' ('There is no God but You, glory to You, I have
been among thewrongdoers.') No Muslim ever makes Dua with it but Allah
answers it." [at tirmidhi in his sunan, ahmad and hakim reported it
and hakim declared it authentic and adh dhahabee agreed]
17. End with"Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen." (Praise be to Allah, Lord
of the worlds).
We should ask for Dunya things, but not just for the sake of Dunya
itself and for Akhirah things. We should not ask for punishment to be
broughtforward in this world or for early death. We shouldnot curse
any particular human being or animal, abuse a Muslim for no reason,
abuse dead peoplewithout cause and religious excuse, or abuse fever or
the wind. We should not make Dua by saying we have been given rain by
this or that star or what Allah willed, and so and so willed. We
should not make Dua against family and property or for sinful acts and
severing the bonds.
In the end there can be reasons why the Dua might not be answered such
as not fulfilling conditions like some of the ones listed above or:
Divine Wisdom, trying to hurry the response of one's Dua, Dua for what
is sinful or the breaking off of relations, eating, drinking, or
dressing from what is Haram, not being resolute in making Dua,
abandoning the duty of enjoining what is good and shunning the evil,
the dominance of unmindfulness, lust and vain desires, not being
submissive during Salah, or committing particular sins (not divorcing
a vilewoman, giving a loan without a witness, and a man who gave his
wealth to the foolish).
More information on Dua can be found in a book in English, a
translation of Kitaab ud-Du`aa' by Shaykh al-`Awaa'ishah (published by
Jam`iat Ihyaa Minhaaj al-Sunnah), the Book of Supplications in
Al-Bukhari and Riyadh us Saleheen and Ajawab Alkafi by Imam Shams
Adeen Mohamad bin AbiBakr Bin Qayem Ajawyzeyah. Jazakamullahu khairan
to those who corrected and added to the above compilation. May Allah
make us of those that oft turn to Him in Dua. Ameen.
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