TROID · Things that Will Aid/Prevent Your Duʿāʾ Being Answered
The speaker discusses cases that increase the chances of one’s supplication being answered:
The duʿāʾ of the oppressed
The duʿāʾ of the traveller
The duʿāʾ of the father for his child
Having conviction in the duʿāʾ, repeating it, and extolling the Lordship of Allāh (eg. yā Rabbī)
The speaker then discusses cases that decrease or prevent one’s supplication being answered:
Making duʿāʾ for something that is incorrect/impermissible
Asking for assistance to perform a ḥarām act
Asking for something you know (by t…
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (حفظه الله) mentioned:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ
O you who believe! When you intend to offer the prayer, wash your faces and your hands (forearms) up to the elbows, rub (by passing wet hands over) your heads, and (wash) your feet up to the ankles.
[al-Māʾidah, 5:6]
This noble verse obligates that wuḍūʾ (ablution) must be performed before prayer and indicates which body parts should be washed or wiped during wūḍūʾ…
Therefore, my advice to my travelling brothers—travelling for studies, etc.—is that they complete their prayers and not to shorten them, and fast the month of Ramaḍān and not to break your fasts unless your stay is for a short period of time, 4 days or less, or an unspecified period of time.
Al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz[Q]: Is it correct for the traveller to shorten his prayers as long as he is travelling, even if it extends to years? Is there a specified period of time wherein shortening the prayer ends? What is the ruling on the one who travels outside of his country for…
