The rituals of Doa-1

One of the most recommended acts in the month of Ramadan is doing Doa or asking from Allah. Allah said in chapter Baqarah verse 186:

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُواْ لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُواْ بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

“When my worshipers ask you about me, i am near. I answer the supplication of the suppliant when he calls to me; therefore, let them respond to me and let them believe in me, in order that they will be righteous.”

Or in chapter Ghafir verse 60 we read:

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ

“Your lord has said: ‘call on me and I will answer you.”

So according to these two verses we must be hopeful about the fulfillment of our Doa. There is a discussion regarding the reasons that sometimes our Doa is not fulfilled and we will talk about this topic in an independent post.

There are some times or places or some rituals for a Doa to be accepted more probable, so let’s talk about them. We mention very briefly some of them which are derived from the Islamic teachings:

-Saying بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم” “before starting the Doa.

-Praising Allah before starting Doa.

-Sending Salawat before and after Doa

Salawat means to ask Allah to send peace and blessings on the Prophet of Islam and his immaculate family. The Arabic words of Salawat are as following:

اللهم صل علی محمد و آل محمد

The reason is that Salawat is an accepted Doa and when you ask Allah in a Doa which is surrounded from two sides by an accepted Doa, Allah is more generous to accept two Doa and does not accept the middle Doa.

-Expanding in Doa, which means to do Doa for others and not just for ourselves.

To be continued.