What manners should be observed in supplication?
2026-09-21
F47 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
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النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
يسأل سماحتكم عن آداب الدعاء في الإسلام، جزاكم الله خيرًا.
الجواب
الدعاء له آداب في الإسلام، آداب عظيمة، وهي: الإقبال على الله، وحضور القلب في الدعاء أن تحضر قلبك في الدعاء، وأن تستقبل القبلة، وأن ترفع يديك، تلح بالدعاء، وتكرر الدعاء، تبدأ بحمد الله، والصلاة على النبي ﷺ ثم تدعو، كل هذا من آدابه، وإذا كنت على طهارة فهو أكمل.
ومن آدابه: الحذر من أكل الحرام، تكون حريصًا على أن يكون طعامك طيبًا، وملبسك طيبًا، وأكسابك طيبة، فإن أكل الحرام من أسباب حرمان الإجابة، والمعاصي من أسباب حرمان الإجابة.
فالعناية بطاعة الله، والاستقامة على طاعة الله، والحذر من المعاصي، والحذر من أكل الحرام، كل هذا من أسباب الإجابة.
والتساهل بالمعاصي، أو بالكسب المحرم من أسباب منع الإجابة، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله، نعم.
المقدم: جزاكم الله خيرًا.
English translation
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Original question
He asks Your Eminence about the etiquette of supplication in Islam. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer
Supplication has etiquette in Islam—great etiquette. It includes turning towards Allah and having an attentive heart while supplicating: bringing your heart to the supplication, facing the qiblah, raising your hands, persisting in supplication and repeating it. You begin by praising Allah and invoking blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, then you supplicate. All this is part of its etiquette. If you are in a state of ritual purity, that is more complete.
Its etiquette also includes being careful to avoid consuming what is unlawful: ensuring that your food, clothing and earnings are lawful and good. Consuming what is unlawful is among the causes of being deprived of an answer, and sins are among the causes of being deprived of an answer.
Giving attention to obeying Allah, remaining steadfast in obedience to Him, avoiding sins, and avoiding consuming what is unlawful are all means of having supplication answered.
Being careless about sins or unlawful earnings is among the causes that prevent an answer. There is no power and no strength except through Allah. Yes.
Presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Bāz website fatwa 14985
الموقع الرسمي للشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
Official website of Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz
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