DUA 14

14. a. Duas are preferred in the time after the final tashahud and just before doing the salaams that end your prayer.According to Fiqh-us-Sunnah (volume 1, #161), it is preferred for the person to supplicate after the final tashahud and before making the final salutations (that end the prayer). The person may ask for whatever he wishes of the good of this life and the hereafter. Ibn Mas’ud reported that the Prophet, upon whom be peace, taught him the tashahud and then said, “Then choose whatever you wish to ask (of Allah).” (Related by Muslim.)14.b. Duas can also be made in the time between the adhan and the iqama.The supplication made between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.Source: Narrated by Anas ibn Malik in Sunan Abu Dawood, hadith #206.

14.c. The best time to make dua
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked: What supplication finds greatest acceptance? He answered: A prayer offered in the middle of the latter part of the night and after the prescribed Prayers.

14.d. Duas on the Day of ArafaYahya related to me from Malik from Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad from Talha ibnUbaydullah ibn Kariz that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The best dua is dua on the day of Arafa, and the best thing that I or the Prophets before me have said is ‘There is no god but Allah, alone, without any partner’ (La ilaha illa’llah, wahdahu la sharika lah.)“