Causes of the Answering of Supplication

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the cause for the answering of supplication?

Answer:
The causes are many. The answering of supplication has many causes: sincerity to Allah the Exalted, and the distress of the supplicant. If the supplicant is in distress, then Allah answers the call of the distressed one when he calls upon Him, even the distressed disbeliever. If a disbeliever calls upon Allah in a state of distress, He answers him. So what about the Muslim?
Among the causes of the answering of supplication is also eating what is lawful. One should eat what is lawful and nourish himself with it, and leave what is forbidden. This is among the causes of the answering of supplication. Among the causes as well is seeking the times of response, such as the last part of the night, the Night of Decree in Ramadan, the hour of response on Friday, and supplication during prostration in prayer. This is when the servant is closest to Allah and when his supplication is most likely to be answered in these states and times. Yes.