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We have a question from sister Eliza or Eliza or Eliza, I guess, who says that

She knows from the Hadith. She knows that we should continue to make dua

until

We get what we want and if we don't get what we want the Prophet's as I'm says don't stop giving making dua because

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will give you something else. She's asking for how long though?

For how long do we continue? What is the cut-off point that we're not getting what we're asking for?

What is the cut-off point? Do we really until we die? We keep on asking for something?

What if it becomes unreasonable the thing that we want now? What if the thing has moved on or whatever?

So to what extent do we make dua? That is not being answered. That is the question

The response first the as our sister does point out

That the dua is being answered but in a different matter and by this I mean as we know that the Prophet

Allah is going to respond in some manner. If he doesn't give you exactly what you want then he shall give you something equivalent

Or he shall give you a reward or he shall avert something that was destined for you that was going to be harmful.

So the point is you are given something for every single request that you make but our sister is asking

That for how long should we ask because our Prophet

Explicitly forbade he said none of you should stop making dua because you think that Allah is not going to give

He says I've made dua, I've made dua, I've made dua and I don't think Allah is going to give me and so he stops making dua

This is an explicit command from our Prophet Allah

To not stop to continue making dua our sister is saying for how long to respond to this we say very simply

dua's are of three types number one dua of anything religious

Number two dua of generic good of this world number three dua of specific good of this world as for religious dua's for example

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