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.

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?

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QUESTION: I’ve heard that duʿā’ is more beneficial when one understands its meaning. In that case, how should someone who does not understand Arabic approach daily adhkār—like morning and evening remembrances, adhkār after salah, and other regular supplications? Is it necessary to learn and reflect on the meaning of each duʿā’ every time it is recited in order to benefit from it?