QUESTION: I know how to make general dua in Arabic, e.g, Ya Allah, solve all my problems, but don’t know how to make dua for a specific problem in my own language. Ex, I know how to say, Grant me shifa from all illnesses, but don’t know how to say, Grant me shifa from this specific illness. So, can I make dua in my own language for a specific problem, illness, etc., or is making the general dua enough?

Prayer and Duaa
13 Aug

ANSWER: You can make the duaa in Arabic and say what you don’t know in your own language.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to say Allahuma Barik for none muslims or anything that belongs to them such as cars, TVs, cats etc?

Prayer and Duaa, Religions
31 Jul

ANSWER: No problem.

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QUESTION: Sheikh. is it proper to say: “oh Allah, I don’t deserve your forgiveness I am in need of it”.

Prayer and Duaa, Supplications
31 Jul

ANSWER: No, this is not appropriate.

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QUESTION: Do we have to stand in the rain and make du’a, or can we make du’a while sitting at home for it to be accepted

Prayer and Duaa, Supplications
29 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in sitting at home to make dua when the rain is falling.

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QUESTION: Can we ask Allah for a specific sign? I will having a board exam. I am confused if I will continue to take it or not. Pls enlighten me

Prayer and Duaa, Supplications
28 Jul

ANSWER: 1. No, this is not permissible as its transgression in dua.

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QUESTION: What did the Prophet ﷺ use to recite before making dua? I heard tht one shuld begin wth sana,then send salutations upon Prophet ﷺ, & then present his/her own supplications. I would like to know what th Prophet ﷺ himself used to say as sana before starting his dua.

Prayer and Duaa, Supplications
14 May

ANSWER: Yes, he used to offer salutation upon himself as well. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, on Islamqa, I was looking at the conditions of accepting dua and one of them was “Ensuring that one’s food comes from permissible sources.” But isn’t the condition everything has to come from halal income, such as getting a haircut or buying a pen,or is it just limited to food?

Prayer and Duaa, Supplications
09 May

ANSWER: It’s not limited to food. Food is just emphasized in hadith. The real condition is that your overall income and spending are halal, which affects the acceptance of dua.

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QUESTION: Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said in three situations, if you pray dua it is definitely accepted, when your body starts shaking, when you got fear in your heart, when you got tears in your eyes.” Is this hadith saheeh?(some say this is hadith but i don’t know which one so is this saheeh?)

Prayer and Duaa
25 Nov

ANSWER: This is not authentic

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QUESTION: I heard that it aint recommended to ask someone for duaa cuz its like u having no trust in allah or something like that. What about asking parents or traveler etc since theyre dua aint rejected?

Prayer and Duaa
25 Nov

ANSWER: No problem in asking a righteous person to make Dua for you. Likewise, no problem in asking a traveler or your parents.

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QUESTION: As it is recommended to make dua in prostration, would it be an exaggeration to make dua in every single prostration? Or should we make dua once a couple prostrations?

Prayer, Prayer and Duaa
23 Nov

ANSWER: No problem in making it in every sujood

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