Section 1

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He reported God’s messenger as saying, “Three supplications are answered, there being no doubt about them:

that of a parent, that of a traveller, and that of one who has been wronged.” Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

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Anas reported God's messenger as saying, “Let one of you ask his Lord for all that he needs, even for the thong of his sandal when it is cut.” He added in a version from Thabit al-Bunani in <i>mursal</i> form, “even asking Him for salt, and even asking Him for his thong when it is cut.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.

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Anas said that God’s messenger used to raise his hands in supplication so that the whiteness under his armpits was visible.

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Sahl b. Sa‘d told of the Prophet (ﷺ) being accustomed to place his two fingers opposite his shoulders and make supplication.

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As-Sa’ib b. Yazid, on his father’s authority, said that when the Prophet (ﷺ) made supplication and raised his hands, he wiped his face with them. Baihaqi transmitted the three traditions in <i>[Kitab] ad-Da'awat al-kabir</i>.

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‘Ikrima quoted Ibn ‘Abbas as saying, “When asking for something you should raise your hands opposite your shoulders or thereabout, when asking for forgiveness you should point with one finger, and when making earnest supplication you should stretch out both your hands.” In a version he said, “Earnest supplication should be made thus,” raising his hands and putting their backs next his face. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Ibn ‘Umar used to say, “Your raising of your hands is an innovation. God’s messenger did no more than this,” meaning that he raised them to his breast. Ahmad transmitted it.

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Ubayy b. Ka‘b said that when God’s messenger mentioned anyone for whom he made supplication, he began with himself. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a <i>hasan gharib sahih</i> tradition.

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Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “Any Muslim who makes a supplication containing nothing which is sinful or which involves breaking ties of relationship will be given for it by God one of three things:

He will give him as peedy answer, or store it up for him in the next world, or turn away from him an equivalent amount of evil.” Those who heard it said they would then make many supplications and he replied that God was more ready to answer than they were to ask. Ahmad transmitted it.

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Ibn ‘Abbas quoted the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “Five supplications receive an answer:

that of one who is wronged till help comes, that of a pilgrim till he comes home, that of one engaged in jihad till he stops, that of a sick person till he recovers, and that of someone for an absent brother. Then he added, “The one of those which gets the quickest answer is that for an absent brother.” Baihaqi transmitted it in <i>[Kitab] ad-Da'awat al-kabir</i>.