How to make Dua

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1. Have Wudu, face Qibla, be neat and clean 

2. Raise both hands up to the shoulder with palms open facing up

3. Use words of ALLAH and Muhammad (SAW)- i.e. Duas found in Quran and Hadith

4. Ask by Asma alHusna- ALLAH 's Beautiful Names

5. Ask ALLAH by your good deeds

6. Be insistent-repeat (i.e. at-least Three times)

7. Glorify ALLAH and recite Durud for the Prophet (SAW) at both the beginning and
end

8. Show humility, entreaty, desire and fear while making Dua

9. Repent and try to make amends where one has wronged

10. Confess mistakes, shortcomings, and sins

11. Keep voice between a whisper and speaking aloud

12. Show the need for ALLAH 's help and implore Him for release from weakness, hardship and tribulation.

13. Seize the opportunity of time, situation and circumstance in which prayers are answered. The best times for dua.

14. Avoid rhymed prose to keep concentration

15. Crying when making Dua (only if sincere)

16. The Dua of Dhun-Nun (Yunus) by which he invoked ALLAH from within the belly of the whale was: Quran 21:87 "LAa ilaha illa Anta, Subhanaka innee kuntu min aDH-DHaalimeen." No Muslim ever makes Dua with it but ALLAH answers it."

17. End with "Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen"