Pre-requisites and the method of making dua

• Eating Haram, wearing Haram, and earning Haram MUST be avoided.

(Tirmidhi)

• To make two Rak’aat Salah before dua.

(Sunan Arb’a)

• To perform some good (any) deed before dua, and to recount the good deed during dua.

(Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abi Da’ud)

• To perform Wudhu (ablution).

(Sihah Sitta)

• To face the Qiblah.

(Sihah Sitta)

• Sincerity (towards Allah (SWT)) should be adopted.

(Hakim)

• Humility (towards Allah (SWT)) should be adopted.

(Ibn-e-Abi Shaiba)

• Allah (SWT) should be praised in the beginning and at the end of the dua.

(Sihah Sitta)

• Similarly Durood (salutations) on Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) should be read the beginning and at the end of the dua.

(Abi Da’ud, Tirmidhi).

• Both hands should be spread.

(Tirmidhi, Hakim)

• Both hands should be raised.

(Sihah Sitta)

• Both hands should be raised till shoulder height.

(Abi Da’ud, Ahamd, Hakim)

• To adopt the Sunnah duas as recited by Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) as reported in authentic narrations.

(Abi Da’ud, Nisai)