It is necessary to bear in mind that there are certain conditions for the acceptance of du\u2018aas. In the absence of these conditions, du\u2018aas may often be rejected. Among these conditions is the consumption of halaal food. When haraam is consumed, du\u2018aas are not accepted. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cMany a greatly distressed person raises his hands to the heavens, praying and crying, \u2018O Allah! O Allah!\u2019 But his food is haraam, what he drinks is haraam and his clothes are of haraam. In such a case, how can his du\u2018aa be accepted?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0A story is related about a group of people in Kufah whose du\u2018aas would always be accepted. Whenever a (evil) ruler was placed over them, they would make du\u2018aa against him due to which he would soon be destroyed. When Hajjaaj, the oppressor, became the ruler there, he hosted a feast to which he specifically invited these people. After they had all eaten, he said, “I am now safe from the du\u2018aa of these people as haraam food has entered their stomachs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0At this stage let us ponder over how much haraam is being consumed in these times when people are even trying to make permissible the earnings of interest money. We find people go so far as to think that bribery and what is obtained from it is permissible, while our traders very often, when dealing with people, deceive them. (Fazaail-e-A\u2019amaal