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1905. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Three supplications are accepted, there is no doubt in them (about them being accepted): The
supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveler, and the supplication of the father against his son.” (Hasan)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] Al-Hajjāj Aṣ-Ṣawwāf reported this Ḥadīth from Yaḥya bin Abī Kathīr, similarly to the narration of Hishām. As for Abū Jaʿfar, who reported it from Abū Hurairah, he is called Abū Jaʿfar Al-Muʿadh-dhīn, and we do not know his name. Yaḥya bin Abī Kathīr has reported other Aḥādīth from him.
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Acceptance of a person’s supplications by Allāh depends on his invoking the Divine mercy from the bottom of his heart with perfect humility and a sincere admission of his helplessness and infirmity. A person away from home missing, as he does, his near and dear ones, or an oppressed person only supplicates in dire need of help and succour. Similarly, a broken hearted father only supplicates against his child if driven completely to the wall. And naturally, a prayer arising from the bottom of one’s heart stands the best chance of being answered by Allāh.
