What are the best times for duʿāʾ to be answered?

"of Allah said, Allah, blessed and exalted, descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains and says, Is there anyone asking so that I may grant his request? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness so that I may forgive him? Is there anyone in distress so that I may relieve his distress? Until the dawn breaks, then our Lord ascends to His throne. In another narration from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, the Prophet said, Allah, blessed and exalted, descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains and says, Is there any servant of mine who calls upon"

"The second level is to stand for half of the night. Many predecessors adhered to this practice, and the best method is to sleep the first third of the night and the last sixth, allowing one's standing to occur in the depths and middle of the night, which is preferable. The third level is to stand for a third of the night, sleeping the first half and the last sixth."

"each finds a place to offer supererogatory prayers, persisting until the late evening prayer. Afterward, they remain in remembrance until a third of the night has passed. Then, they disperse, returning in the early third of the night to the mosque to perform night prayers until dawn, then engage in remembrance until the sunrise prayer."

"I would not leave, for there is in my soul of Your generosity and nobility." It is narrated about ‘Ajiza that she used to enliven the night with worship, though blind. When the final third of the night arrived, she called out in a sorrowful voice, "To You, the worshipers whittle the nights away, racing for Your mercy and the bounty of Your forgiveness. So by You, my God, not by another, I ask that You place me among the foremost and raise me to Your highest ranks among those near to You and join me with Your righteous servants, for You are the most merciful of the merciful, the greatest of the great, the most noble of the noble, O Generous."

"peace be upon him. She said he would sleep at the beginning of the night then stand up when it was the last third of the night he would pray the witch then return to his bed. If he had a need he would attend to his family. When he heard the call to prayer he would rise. If he was in a state of major ritual impurity he would pour water over himself otherwise he would perform ablution and go out to pray. Ibn Abbas informed that he spent the night at the house of Maimuna his aunt. He said I lay across the width of the pillow while the messenger of Allah peace be upon him lay along"

"Musa they asked you if your Lord sleeps take two glass bottles in your hands and stay up the night Musa did so when a third of the night had passed he was overcome by drowsiness and fell to his knees Then he stirred and held them firmly until at the end of the night. He became drowsy and the bottles fell and broke Allah said Oh Musa if I were to sleep the heavens and the earth would fall just as the bottles broke in your hands He said and Allah revealed to his messenger the verse of ayat al-kursi It is narrated that Abu Huraira heard the messenger of Allah peace be upon him"

"By Me he hears, by Me he sees, by Me he strikes, and by Me he walks." In the authentic حَدِيث, "The closest the Lord is to His servant is in the last third of the night." And in another حَدِيث, "The closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is prostrating." In the authentic حَدِيث, when their voices were raised with takbir while traveling with the Prophet, peace be upon him, he said, "O people, be gentle with yourselves, for you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent."

"However, Hammad ibn Waqid, a narrator, was not considered strong by Ibn Ma'in. The hadith, "Allah descends to the lowest heaven every night when a third of the night remains... is agreed upon from Abu Hurairah. The hadith, "Supplication between the call to prayer and the establishment of prayer is not rejected," was narrated by Abu Dawud, Al-Nasa'i, and Al-Tirmidhi, who graded it as good from Anas, though it was weakened by Ibn 'Adi and Ibn al-Qattan."

"He said, Paradise. Ibn Ishaq narrated from Kab Ibn Malik that they spent the night with their people in their camps, until a third of the night had passed. They then left their camps for the appointment with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sneaking like quails until they gathered in the valley at Al-Aqaba. There were seventy-three men and two women from among their relatives, Nusayba bint Kab and Asma bint Amr."

"Al-Hasan al-Karabisi shared an experience of spending a night with Al-Shafi'i. He observed that Al-Shafi'i prayed for about a third of the night, typically reciting fifty verses, and sometimes up to a hundred. Whenever he encountered a verse of mercy, he would ask Allah for it for himself and all Muslims. When he came across a verse of punishment, he sought refuge and salvation for himself and the believers."