not do such that He عَزَّوَجَلَّ accepts the beginning and the end of the Du’a and rejects the middle of it. (Fadaail-e-Du’a, pp. 67)

Suspended Du’a between earth and sky

Sayyiduna ‘Umar Bin Khattab رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has said:

اِنَّ الدُّعَآءَ مَوۡقُوۡفٌ بَيۡنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ لَا يَصۡعَدُ مِنۡهُ شَئٌ حَتّٰي تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰي نَبِيِّكَ    ﴿صَلَّي اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰي عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّمَ﴾

i.e. Du’a is restricted between the earth and the sky; it does not go upwards until you recite Salat upon your Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

(Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 2, pp. 28, Hadees 486)

Sayyiduna ‘Ali-ul-Murtada کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم has narrated: ‘اَلدُّعَاءُ مَحْجُوْبٌ عَنِ اللّٰہِ حَتّٰی یُصَلّٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاَہْلِ بَیْتِہٖ’, Du’a is the Hijab from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ until Salat is not sent upon Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and his blessed family.

(Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, Kitab-ul-Azkaar, vol. 1, pp. 35, Hadees 3212)

A’la Hadrat, Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: O ‘Azeez! Du’a is a bird and Salat-‘Alan-Nabi is its largest feather; so how can a bird fly without its main feather!

A bird cannot fly without its wing’s main feather (Shahper). Similarly, Du’a is like a bird and Salat-‘Alan-Nabi is like its main feather. Therefore, how will the bird, which does not have the main feather in its wing, fly? Similarly, how can a Du’a be answered, which is devoid of Salat-‘Alan-Nabi?

(Fadaail-e-Du’a, pp. 69)

Therefore, we should recite Salat-‘Alan-Nabi abundantly, no matter if we are standing, sitting or walking, in particular, we must recite Salat upon the Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in the beginning and the end of our Du’as. By