What are the times when supplication is answered?
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The questioner : The Muslim always and forever seeks out the times when supplication is answered. So it would be good if you would clarify them for the listening brothers?
The Shaykh : The times of response, the conditions of response, and the places of response—these are all things that a person should seek out. Among the times of response is the last third of the night, because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Muwatta Malik 15:32 Also, supplication between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.
As for the conditions, among the conditions in which response is hoped for is the state of one who is in distress. Indeed, when the one in distress calls upon Allah, He responds to him, by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Naml 27:62] And among them is also when one is oppressed, for the supplication of the oppressed is answered, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Mu'adh ibn Jabal when he sent him to Yemen: meaning taking it in zakah Sahih Muslim 19a.
Among the conditions in which response is hoped for is when a person is in prostration. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:179 And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 875Sahih (Al-Albani).
As for the places: mosques are places where response is more hoped for than in other places.
Among them, meaning among the places where response is hoped for, is the tawaf (circumambulation) of the House. And among the supplications of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) during his tawaf between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone was:Sahih Muslim 2690b. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. The listener G M J Al-Shamri from the Eastern Region, Jubail, in his second question says:
The Shaykh : The times of response, the conditions of response, and the places of response—these are all things that a person should seek out. Among the times of response is the last third of the night, because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
Our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, descends every night to the heaven of this world when the last third of the night is still to come and says, 'Who will call on Me so that I may answer him? Who will ask Me so that I may give him? Who will ask forgiveness of Me so that I may forgive him?'
ينزل ربنا إلى السماء الدنيا حين يبقي ثلث الليل الأخر، فيقول: من يدعوني فأستجيب له؟ من يسألني فأعطيه؟ من يستغفرني فأغفر له؟ حتى يطلع الفجرAs for the conditions, among the conditions in which response is hoped for is the state of one who is in distress. Indeed, when the one in distress calls upon Allah, He responds to him, by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth
أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ الأَرْضِBeware of the best of their wealth.
إياك وكرائم أموالهمBeware of the supplication of the oppressed for there is no barrier between him and Allah.
واتق دعوة المظلوم، فإنه ليس بينها وبين الله حجابAmong the conditions in which response is hoped for is when a person is in prostration. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"I have been forbidden to recite the Qur'an while bowing or prostrating; so while in the bowing (position) glorify (the Perfection of) the Rabb (Lord), and while in the prostrating (position) be earnest in supplication, for it is fitting that your supplications may be answered."
ألا وإني نهيت أن أقرأ القرأن راكعاً أو ساجداً فأما الركوع فعظّموا فيه الرب، وأما السجود فأكثروا فيه من الدعاء، فقمِن أن يستجاب لكمThe nearest a servant come to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself
أقرب ما يكون العبد من ربه وهو ساجدAs for the places: mosques are places where response is more hoped for than in other places.
Among them, meaning among the places where response is hoped for, is the tawaf (circumambulation) of the House. And among the supplications of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) during his tawaf between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone was:
Our Lord, grant us the good in this world and the good in the Hereafter and save us from the torment of Hell Fire.
ربنا ءاتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الأخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النارThe questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. The listener G M J Al-Shamri from the Eastern Region, Jubail, in his second question says: