Places to Seek the Answering of Supplication

Question:
The questioner asks: What are the places to seek the answering of supplication?

Answer:
In prostration. In the state of prostration, this is when one is closest to the answering of supplication. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “As for prostration, increase your supplication in it, for it is likely that it will be answered for you.” So it is most likely to be answered in prostration because of the servant’s nearness to his Lord while he is prostrating.
Therefore, the Exalted and Majestic is He said: “So prostrate and come near.” Come near to Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, through your prostration. The closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is prostrating. Yes.
Likewise, supplication in the last part of the night, which is a time when response is likely. Allah the Exalted said: And He, the Exalted and Majestic, said: "And those who seek forgiveness in the last hours of the night." This is a time in which supplication is likely to be answered. Likewise, supplication in a state of dire necessity is also a time when response is likely, as are many other states, such as the state of need, when the servant is in need of his Lord and calls upon Allah while he is poor, needy, and in need of something—whether he is overwhelmed by debts or has tasted hunger and has nothing—then he calls upon Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, in that state. Yes.