Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Invoke your Lord with humility and in secret”
[al-A’raaf 7:55]
And Allaah praised His slave Zakariyyah (peace be upon him) by saying (interpretation of the meaning):
“When he called to his Lord (Allaah) a call in secret”
[Maryam 19:3]
We have also discussed du’aa’ and specific means by which a person may receive a response, as well as the etiquette of du’aa’ and the times and places when a response may be hoped for, the state in which a person should be when making du’aa’, impediments to a response to du’aa’ and the types of response. All of that may be found in the answer to question no. 5113.
