How can our prayers be accepted by Allah

How can our prayers be accepted
by Allah :)

There are so many times we pray for something, though
it is not always accepted by Allah. It is mentioned in a
Hadith that after our death when our deeds will be
weighted, our prayers/duas will be weighed also. The
duas/prayers that wasn`t answered in our life will give
us plenty of heavy good deeds. Allah will make us so
happy, that at that moment we would wish for that
none of our prayers should have been accepted as the
bounty we will receive from it in the Hereafter.
It is very important that we, after our salah, take
out time for dua. Allah does not like the person
that does not make dua to him. In case some of
your prayers haven`t been answered they way you
want it to shouldn`t prevent you from making lots
of dua. Because we don`t know what is good for us.
All our prayers are answered some way or the other.
It is just we who complain because we don`t know
better. Allah has three ways of answering our
prayer; 1. We don`t get what we asked for, but get
something better instead. 2. We get what we asked
for in this world and the hereafter. 3. We don`t get
what we asked for but Allah protects us from a big
calamity.
If we look at this three ways, we could ponder over
the fact that if the things that didn`t happen before
in my life, I wouldn`t have been where I am today.
Isn`t it incredible. Sometimes we can`t see it but
Allah is fixing everything for us.
There are some “tools” of having your prayers/duas
accepted by Allah:
1. First of all try your out most to not eat
something that is haram. Make sure everything
you eat doesn`t contain any gelatine from swine
or other animals that are slaughtered un-
islamicly.
2. Ask for forgiveness before you ask Allah of
something. Admit Him your faults and ask for
sincere forgiveness and then ask Allah what you
want. That is the way of the Prophet`s as well.
3. Earn your money the halal way, by halal work.
4. The prayer that we ask for our muslim brother
and sister in her absence will be accepted. An
angel by our side will say: “and may you have
something similar”. So try to pray for the whole
Ummah in your duas/prayers.
5. Don`t have any grudges with your loved ones
from more than three days as your deeds would
not be accepted if you don`t mend your ways.
6. In the start of the dua/prayer praise Allah, then
send durood/blessings on our last Prophet, the
dua you will ask preceding this will be accepted.
7. Ask a lot of dua in the sujood, in any language
you know, it doesn`t have to be in arabic, it
could be in your own language as well. You are
the closest one can be to Allah in the sujood, so
remember to make lots of dua then.
8. Know what you are saying in the prayer, when we
pray with full concentration in our prayer
especially when we pray surah fatiha, our prayers
will be accepted. Allah answers the whole surah
fatiha ayat by ayat, and at the end Allah says,
“and my slave shall have what he asks for”.
9. Be patient. Find comfort and joy in your prayers.
If Allah doesn`t answer your prayer right away
don`t say that He didn`t answer your prayer and
you prayed so much for one thing. Only Allah
knows when He is going to grant you your
wishes. Pray that it happens soon.
10. On fridays at the Jumu`ah prayer at the Mosque
the dua/prayer between the Adhaan and the
Iqamah, is answered.
11. On fridays 1 hour before the Magribh prayer that
is the auspicious time when prayers are, in sha
Allah answered, make lots of dua at that time.
12. Be thankful to Allah and Allah will give you more.
Allah has said a lot of places in the Quran that
he gives a people something and instead of
increasing in their prayers dhikr they become un-
thankful. Think about this next time Allah grants
you your wishes. Than we have every reason to
pray more and more, InshaAllah. At least we can
try to be more thankful to Allah.
13. Love Allah that much that you ask him for even
the smallest thing. There is a hadeeth from Aisha
Ra that our Prophet said that if your shoe-laces
are cut, you should pray to Allah that you get
new ones. Because if it isn`t Allah`s wish that
you get new shoe-laces nothing in the world can
help you to achieve that. Therefore we should
ask Allah for even the smallest things, as well as
the big.
14. Recite “Ya Samiyo Ya Mojibo” often. It means
Allah the All-hearer and the accepter of prayers/
duas.
15. Recite “Ya Fattaho Ya Razzako” often. It means
open the doors for success in my rizk. Rizk can
be children, spouse, work, business and stuff like
that.
16. Prayers are answered when it is raining, so do
supplicate then.
17. A travelers supplications are also answered, so
do supplicate a lot when traveling.
18. Read “Ya Kadi-yil-hajaati” whenever you can
throughout the day and especially in your
supplications. It means Allah “the one that
fulfils your requests”. (In the start it is a
kafh with to dots, so the pronunciation is a bit
different).
19. Read “Va-Yaa-Akramal-Akra-Mina” in your
supplications. It means “of the ones who are
kareem, You Allah are the most kareem, because
of Your Rahma over me accept my dua”.
20. In your supplications, you can also read:
“Rabbana Ya Ghiasal-Mustaghisina-Aghisni”. It
means “Oh my Lord, You are the One who helps,
so help me”.
21. Your supplication at the time you break your
fast, will in sha Allah be answered. Allah answers
the prayers of the fasting person. Abu Hurayra
Ra reported that the Messenger of Allah said :
Three people doesn`t have their supplications
rejected, the fasting person until he breaks his
fast..”
22. The supplication after “ salat-ul-tasbhi “, which
is the prayer of forgiveness, will in sha Allah not
be refused. You can read it here, the manner of
reading the salat.
23. Read night prayer. It was narrated from Abu
Sufyan Ra that Jabir Ra said>: ” I heard the
Prophet (pbuh) say:” In the night there is an
hour when if a muslim asks Allah for good in this
world and in the Hereafter, He will give him it,
and that happens every night.” (Sahih
Muslim). Read more here.
Allah does not like those people whom don`t asks
him of anything i.e. makes dua/prayer to him. He
loves it when we asks much from him, if we ask a
lot he will feel shy to leave us empty-handedly, so he
accepts something. Try to trust Allah and ask him a
lot, and in sha Allah all your issues will be solved.
May Allah grant our prayers and make us His pious
worshippers and give us a lovely life and the best
hereafter for eternity. Ameen summa ameen.
Source; Jamia At-Tirmidhi, Sahih Muslim, The Ideal
Muslimah (book), Lecture by Yasir Qadhi: “the power
of dua”, Imam Bukhari`s book of manners.

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