Dua beautified by certain actions

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• Dua beautified by certain actions
   
  Dua can be beautified and perfected by certain actions:
   
  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. 3x’s)
  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
  14. Avoid rhymed prose to keep concentration
  15. Crying when making Dua
  16. The Dua of Dhun-Nun (Yunus) by which he invoked Allah from within the belly of the whale was: “LAa ilaha illa Anta, Subhanaka innee kuntu min aDH-DHaalimeen.” No Muslim ever makes Dua with it but Allah answers it.” [at tirmidhi in his sunan, ahmad and hakim reported it and hakim declared it authentic and adh dhahabee agreed]
  17. End with “Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen”