Supplication

Rules of Supplication and Conditions of Acceptance

Supplication is associated with deeds, the pure heart and the truthful tongue, charity even little with supplication (is like salt with food), food and money should be legally gotten, the heart which is always with Allah, when the skin shudders and the eyes water, glorification of Allah Most High and supplication to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), admission of sins, generalization of supplication and mention of believers first, good opinion about others, frequent repetition of supplications and anticipation of acceptance, supplication during prostration and after obligatory prayers.

Cases Where Supplication is not Accepted

Committing of sins, injustice, ill-gotten gains.

Those Whose Supplication is Acceptable

Those who are obedient to Allah, those who obey the rules of supplication and forget about their needs, those who are occupied with the remembrance of Allah and forget about asking Him, mistrust in people and trust in Allah Most High alone, those who rely upon Allah alone, supplication of the father to his son which is more sharp than the sword (provided that the son is kind to his father), supplication of the one who is wronged, his supplication is acceptable (on the one who wronged him) even after some time, supplication of the believer in favor of another believer, supplication of the children of Muslims unless they commit sins, the reader of Quran, supplication of the believer in favor of another believer without being heard by others.

Those Whose Supplication is Unacceptable

Those who justify the deeds of the oppressors, abandonment of enjoining good actions and forbidding objectionable actions, the one who commits what is against Islamic law, the one who prays to Allah to harm his lover.

* Book: Materialwest. By sayed Sami Khadra.