Conditions To Fulfill for your Dua To Be Accepted And Granted

Many of us say: I prayed but Allah did not grant me what I prayed for!!? Or did not accept my dua

Have you ever asked yourself why?

Do you know for dua to be accepted and granted you must fulfill four conditions?

1. Yaqeen or (certainty) that Allah will answer your call

This is when you are praying and deep inside you, you don’t have the yaqeen or you are not certain that Allah will answer your call.

According to the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah: “Make dua’ to Allah when you are certain of a response.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’

So pray to him with determination and belief, tell him (Ya Allah give shifa to my child, Ya Allah grant me a pious husband, Ya Allah grant me rizq halal, Ya Allah I know you will not let me down, Ya Allah I have no one to help me and lift my pain except you……….)

Talk to him with your heart, you don’t have to use Arabic words, use your language and plead and beg and complain to him…….You spend hours complaining and telling your stories to friends and strangers and in the end they give you a look of remorse and there is nothing they can do for you, some even use it against you when they feel like it…..so why not take your story and your complaint to the one who can make a change, the one who can give you the solution?!

How can you pray and doubt the acceptance? Who are you doubting? And why are you doubting?

He is the creator of the whole Universe….the one who says to something Koun fa yakoun (Be and it shall be).

Clear the fog from your belief my dear sister and brother and know that he is the only one who can grant you what you wish for…..no one else…..NO ONE

“And your Lord says: Make duaa (supplicate) unto me, and I will respond and accept your duaa”. (Surah Ghaafir: Ayat 60)

“I respond and accept the duaa of the one who supplicates unto me”. (Surah Al Baqarah: Ayat 186)

“Make duaa unto Allah with humility and secret”. (Surah Ale Imraan: Ayat 55)

“Verily, Allah is modest and noble. He feels ashamed that a servant lifts up his hand in supplication and he is returned empty handed”. (Abu Dawood)

He is telling you all this to comfort you and give you the guarantee…….so do you still have doubts?


2. Khoushou3 or concentration while making the dua….. Pray with your heart and focus on what you are saying.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Know that Allah does not answer a dua from a distracted heart.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3479; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 245.

Focus and talk to him, tell him all your problems and issues and he will lift them in shaa Allah.

3. Not having patience when making dua

The Prophet PBUH said: “One of you may be answered so long as he is not hasty and says, ‘I said dua’ but I got no response.’” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6340; Muslim, 2735.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH), "The supplication of every one of you will be granted if he does not get impatient and say (for example): `I supplicated my Rubb but my prayer has not been granted'.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

The narration of Muslim is: "The supplication of a slave continues to be granted as long as he does not supplicate for a sinful thing or for something that would cut off the ties of kinship and he does not grow impatient.'' It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! What does growing impatient mean?'' He (PBUH) said, "It is one's saying: `I supplicated again and again but I do not think that my prayer will be answered.' Then he becomes frustrated (in such circumstances) and gives up supplication altogether.''

The one who pray and have no patience for their dua, is like the one who plants a seed and water it for few days, the plant starts to grow slowly under the soil but it has not reached the surface yet and just before it comes out, he gives up and stops watering it…..so it dies before it even comes to light.

Don’t be hasty….keep making dua….keep repeating it and you will see the response very soon just be patient and never stop. Even if Ramadan finishes, continue and in shaa Allah before the next Ramadan you will have what you asked for.

4. Eating Halal ….. your rizq must be halal if you want your dua to be accepted…you can’t eat haram and expect your dua to be accepted….they don’t go together.

Prophet SAW said, “…a man having been on a long journey is all disheveled and dust-coated and he stretches his hands upwards for du’a (saying): ‘ 0 my Lord! 0 my Lord!’ while his food is haram (unlawful), his drink: haram, his dress: haram, and he himself was brought up on the haram - how then, could his du’a become worth accepting?” (Reported by Muslim)

So Make sure your earning is halal if you want your dua to be accepted.



Finally I add to these beautiful conditions the etiquette of the Prophet PBUH in making dua:
Saeed Ibn Al Musayab said: With these in shaa Allah your dua will for sure be accepted.

1. Take Wudu.

2. Face the Qibla

3. Start with Istighfaar.

4. Address and ask Allah with his Asma’a Al Husna (Names) …. Ya Kareem, Ya Raheem, Ya Mujeeb, Ya Qareeb….etc.

5. Thank Allah SWT and Salli Ala Al Rasoul.

6. Insist and repeat your dua with concentration and humiliation.

7. Be certain at the end of your dua that Allah SWT will accept your dua.

8. Finally, when you finish your dua, go look for a poor person and give them sadaqa to purify your money and lift the sorrow of someone else.

And in shaa Allah after all this your dua will not be rejected.

Finally I remind myself and you my dears of the following hadith

“Allah becomes angry upon the one who does not make duaa”. (Ahmed)

So please make dua and never give up.