Du'a
Du'a is supplication: personal prayer and request made directly to God, distinct from salah, the ritual prayer. It can be made in any language, at any time, in any posture. Certain times and phrasings are described in hadith as more likely to be answered.
Often appears in
See the term in context
What is meant by the action that must accompany both du'a (supplication) and dhikr (remembrance)?
The intention behind the necessity for du'a (supplication) and dhikr (remembrance of God) to be accompanied by the heart's action is the obligation of the heart's presence and its awareness of what the tongue is…
To what extent is the circulating Hadith, which mentions a special supplication (Du'a) gifted by Allah to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, authentic? Is it permissible to disseminate such Hadiths without verifying their source and reliability? And what is the ruling on one who does so?
This supplication (du'a) has not been mentioned except in Al-Firdaws Musnad by Al-Dailami, a book predominantly characterized by weakness and fabrication (mawdu'). Al-Kattani mentioned that its chain of transmission…
Are all the hadiths found in "Kitab al-Du'a" in al-Musannaf authentic, or are some of them weak? And are common people who use it for supplication sinful due to the possibility of there being weak or fabricated hadiths within it?
The book "Al-Musannaf" by Ibn Abi Shaybah collected the hadiths of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the narrations of the Companions and Tabi'un. Its author did not stipulate that it be restricted to…
Questions that use it
What is the difference between the prayer of asking (Du'a al-Mas'alah) and the prayer of worship (Du'a al-Ibadah)?
Is it not permissible to place anything on a paper on which a supplication (du'a) is written, and if something is placed upon it and one delays removing it, is this considered disbelief (kufr)?
What are the correct opening supplications (Du'a al-Istiftah) authentically reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him), what is the evidence for them, when are they recited, and in which prayers?