📜 Question: In some nights I get up from sleep at around 2:00 AM and I supplicate to Allah from within without performing wudhu/ablution and without praying Tahajjud (Qiyaam Al-Layl) yet. Is this allowed? Or should I perform wudhu and pray Sunnah prayers before I can say Du'a?
📝 Answer: There is no problem in saying Du'a without wudhu/ablution. It is also permissible to say Du'a while in a state of janaaba (sexual impurity from intimacy with one's spouse or from a wet dream) because saying Du'a does not require wudhu/ablution. And this is from Allah's Mercy, because the servant is in need of saying Du'a at all times. However, being in a more purified condition, having wudhu and saying Du'a while praying, is closer to having one's supplications being guaranteed to receive a response, particularly when you are performing Sujood/prostration.
Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The closest a servant is to his Rabb (Lord Allah the Almighty) is when he is performing Sajdah or Sujood, so increase your supplications." [Sahih Muslim]
From the Fataawa of sheikh AbdulAziz Ibn Baz (May Allah have mercy on him. Ameen.)
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📖 ‘Ubadah Ibn Al-Samit RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "There is no Muslim on earth who calls upon Allah in supplication but that Allah will grant it to him or divert some evil away from him, so long as he does not ask for something sinful or to cut off family ties." A man said, “In that case we will ask for more.” The Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Allah has even more."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 3573
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to At-Tirmidhi
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