1) ‏Etiquette of Making Dua ‎1.1) ‏Direct Dua only towards Allah ‎(towards anything or anyone else, ‏living or dead, ‏is shirk). (Surah al-Baqarah ‎2:186, ‏Surah Gafir ‎40:14)1.2) ‏Face towards the Qiblah. (Sahih Muslim ‎1763)1.3) ‏Raise Your Hands. (Sahih al-Bukhari ‎6341, ‏Sunan Abu Dawud ‎1488)1.4) ‏Call on Allah using His ‎99 ‏Beautiful Names ‎& ‏Attributes. (Surah al-A’raaf ‎7:180)Example of some names of Allah: ‏Ar-Rahman ‎- ‏The Most CompassionateAl Raheem ‎- ‏The Most MercifulAl Hakeem ‎- ‏The Perfectly WiseAl Kabeer The GreatestAl Jaleel The MightyAl Kareem The GenerousAl-Hayy ‎- ‏The Ever Living OneAl-Qayyum ‎- ‏The Self-Existing OneAl-Ghaffar ‎- ‏The ForgivingAl-Ghafur ‎- ‏The Forgiver and Hider of FaultsAl-Hakam ‎- ‏The JudgeAs-Sameeaa' - ‏The Hearer of AllAl Baseer The Seer of AllAsh- ‏Shaheed The WitnessAl-Mujeeb The Responder to PrayerAs-Samad ‎- ‏The Satisfier of All NeedsMalik-al-Mulk ‎- ‏The Owner of AllDhu-al-Jalal wa-al-Ikram ‎- ‏The Lord of Majesty and BountyAr-Razzaq ‎– ‏The ProviderNarrated Abu Huraira ‎(ra):Allah has ninety-nine Names, ‏i.e., ‏one hundred minus one, ‏and whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly, ‏will enter Paradise; ‏and Allah is witr ‎(one) ‏and loves ‎'the witr' (i.e. ‏odd numbers).Sahih al-Bukhari ‎6410 1.5) ‏Send Peace ‎& ‏Blessing upon Prophet Muhammad ‎(ﷺ) (best way is Durood Ibrahim). (Jami`at-Tirmidhi ‎486)Allahumma Salli Ala Muhammadin Wa Ala Aali Muhammadin Kamaa Sallaita Ala Ibrahima Wa Ala Aali Ibrahima Innaka Hamidum Majid. ‏Allahumma Baarik Ala Muhammadin Wa Ala Aali Muhammadin Kamaa Baarakta Ala Ibrahima Wa Ala Aali Ibrahima Innaka Hamidum Majid. ‏O Allah! ‏Send Your Prayers on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad, ‏as You sent Your Prayers on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, ‏for You are the Most Praise-worthy, ‏the Most Glorious. ‏O Allah! ‏Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, ‏as You sent your Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, ‏for You are the Most Praise-worthy, ‏the Most Glorious.اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ1.6) ‏Make Dua ‎3 ‏times. (Sahih al-Bukhari ‎240)1.7) ‏Make Dua routinely and with patience. (Sahih Muslim ‎2735 ‏a) 1.8 ) ‏Be sincere in your Dua. (Surah Gafir ‎40:14, ‏Surah al-Bayyinah ‎98:5)1.9) ‏Be Humble while asking Allah. (Surah al-Araaf ‎7:55)1.10) ‏Be certain that Dua will be accepted ‎[Tawakkal ‎(reliance) ‏upon Allah]. (Sahih al-Bukhari ‎6339)1.11) ‏Ensure Earnings are Halal For example, ‏income should not come from riba or unlawful means ‎(keep food, ‏dress and house under halal income). (Sahih Muslim ‎1015)1.12) ‏Every Dua is suspended until one sends blessings upon the Prophet ‎(ﷺ)Umar bin Al-Khattab ‎(ra) ‏narrated:"Indeed the supplication stops between the heavens and the earth. ‏Nothing of it is raised up until you send Salat upon your Prophet."Jami` ‏at-Tirmidhi ‎486 (Classified as Hasan by al-Albani)