According to Fiqh E Jaferia.....
ODATTOL DAEE ..... Ibne Fahd and the book Oddatol Daee (The Asset of Supplicant) and Nejahol - Sa-ee (provision of striver) In this book, the etiquette of Dua(supplication) in terms of time, place and the supplicant have been discussed and the main question as to why our prayers are not answered despite the fact that God has promised to answer our prayers has been sufficiently dealt with. Furthermore, such topics as rules governing charity, the virtue of acquiring knowledge, the duty of Islamic scholars and researchers, the parents-children mutual duties, the etiquettes of business, as well as the duty of wife towards her husband have been mentioned. To sum it up, the honorable reader will finally judge that the book is somehow unrivaled. Introduction: Definition of Dui Chapter 1: How to invite others to Dua Chapter 2: How prayers are answered? Chapter 3: Who is a supplicant? Chapter 4: How to supplicate Chapter 5: Zekr Chapter 6: Recitation of the Holy Quran Guidelines: The importance of piety and keeping away from sin Epilogue: Allah's At tributes. The author completed this book in the year 801A.H. at the age of 44. It is noteworthy that he has summarized the book under the title "The Asset of supplicant". Allamah Helli passed away in the year 841AH. at the age of 84 and was buried near the holy shrine of his master, Imam Hossein(AS) in Karbala and his tomb recently repaired in a street named after him is visited by his devotees. Definition of Dua' and its exhortation Dua' in Arabic means "To call", and "To invoke" and in the Islamic terminology, it means a humble prayer by a modest person to a superior. Since the purpose of the present book is to exhort dear readers to Dua' and to become familiar with the creator and His Blessings, we have to mention certain Hadiths. Sheikh Sadoogh has quoted the pure Imam(AS). Thus both Shi-ites and Sunnis have consensus on this matter.