The Best Times to Make Duʿāʾ in Islam

Several specific moments are described across hadith as times duʿāʾ is more likely to be accepted — not because Allah is more present then than at other times, but because these are moments worth deliberately building duʿāʾ around rather than treating as ordinary.

The last third of the night

Allah is described as descending to the lowest heaven in the last third of every night, asking who is calling upon Him to be answered. This is the single most repeated recommendation for duʿāʾ across hadith — and the reason qiyām al-layl and duʿāʾ are so closely linked.

Between the adhān and the iqāmah

A short, often-missed window — the minutes between the call to prayer and the prayer itself — described as a time duʿāʾ is not rejected. Easy to use, since it requires no extra time, just intention during a gap that already exists.

While fasting, and at the moment of breaking the fast

A fasting person's duʿāʾ is described as not rejected, and the moment right before breaking the fast specifically is highlighted — worth using deliberately rather than letting Iftar arrive and the moment pass unused.

On the Day of ʿArafah, and during sujūd

ʿArafah as the single best day of the year for duʿāʾ, and sujūd as the physical position closest to Allah during any prayer — both already covered elsewhere on this blog, but worth listing here alongside the rest as one complete picture.