What happens when we make Du'ā

 *What happens when we make Du'ā*

It is very frustrating for some people to spend years making one single dua and yet the dua is not answered. People at times grow impatience and give up. Lots have lost their iman (faith) due to this issue. So, is it that Allah does not listen? Bcos He Almighty says He answers every dua. Is it that Allah hates you? Subhanallah, how can the Creator hates His creation? Or is it because you don't pray enough?

First, why are duas not answered? Based on the hadith of the Prophet PBUH, He says the dua of 5 are not answered, they are rejected:

1. One whose income or earnings is haram.

2. One who eats, drinks, and wears haram.

3. One who eats the possession of an orphan.

4. One who consumes ribah (Bank interests or similar)

5. One who oppresses others such as a ruler or leader.

6. One who is committing shirk.

7. One who does not show mercy on others.

8. One who only goes to Allah when he's in trouble. He never prays, fasts, or supplicate. One day he is in trouble and he wants Allah. Allah turns away from such people.

So if you have any of the above characteristics, your dua could be rejected.

So what happens when we make dua:

According to various narrations from collectors of hadith, we learned that if one makes dua, any of the following could be possible :

1. The dua is answered immediately and we see immediately action or results.

2. The dua is delayed for some reasons best known to Allah. Probably at that very moment, the thing you desire is not suitable for you.

3. The dua could be rejected bcos you are asking for the impossible or something harmful. For example, to make dua for an Angel to come down, or to make dua to become a prophet. Or to make dua to Allah for one to be destroyed. Such duas are rejected.

4. The dua could be rejected in this world, but is kept for the hereafter. The Prophet PBUH says on the day of judgement, some people will come and their scales will be full. They will ask, what did we do that filled our scale, the Angels will reply, this is the result of your patience in dunya. When you made dua, it was not granted, but you were patient, so Allah saved it for you here. So you will enter Jannah.

So brothers and sisters, when you make dua, always have positivity about Allah. Be patient, don't rush.

How to make dua.

1. The best way to make dua is to identify the best times in which dua is accepted. Some of them include the time of fajr, the time after asar, when you embark on a journey, when you are fasting, during iftar, during rain ☔, during tahajjud in the middle of the night etc.

2. When making dua be sincere in your wording and in the way you talk.

3. Always start your dua with istighfār, then praise Allah using his most beautiful names.

4. Praise Allah based on the subject of the dua. For example, ya Allah you are the owner of cure and health, cure me. Ya Allah you are the provider and enricher, make me rich etc.

5. Crying during dua fasten its acceptance.

6. Do all these in sujud bcos the Prophet says, servant in sujud is closer to Allah than he is closer to his jugular vein.

Ya Allah if anyone reads this and benefit from it, grant my parents the reward. Amin.