And then he should conclude his supplication with reciting...

And then he should conclude his supplication with reciting the Salawaat on Muhammad and his progeny as the Almighty Allah is much higher that He should accept the first and the last prayer and leave its middle because there is no obstruction in acceptance of Salawaat and Durood on Muhammad and his progeny.”[^1] I say: The point of evidence in this tradition is that: The mentioned cause is general and it includes all supplications that comes in between two Duas , because Allah, the Mighty and the High is more kind than that He should accept both sides and leave the middle.

In the first cause we mentioned that the Dua of believer for the early reappearance of his master is inevitably accepted, thus textual proof is that which supports the logical proof. Fifth cause: It will be further explained that when a believer prays for his believer brother who is absent, the angels pray for him many times the same thing in his favor and it is known that the Dua of the angels is accepted since it has no impediments.

Sixth cause: In Usool Kafi through authentic chain of narrators it is narrated from His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (S) said: “When one of you supplicates, one should make it general so that it becomes more binding and confirmed.

(and in another version it says) Then give generality to the Dua as it would make it more binding and confirmed.”[^2] I say: The Messenger of Allah (S) has said: ‘…one should make it general…” It means that a general Dua is more binding and confirmed for the one who is praying from that he should only pray for himself without including the believers in it. The conclusion of the statement of His Eminence is: making a Dua general is a cause of its acceptance and achieving of its aim.

And the explanation of the matter and proof of this tradition can be presented by stating that generality in Dua has two aspects: One: The supplicant makes all the believing men and women partners in his supplication and includes himself in it. That is he prays together for himself as well as all the believing men and women. For example he says: O Allah, please forgive the believing men and women and fulfill the needs of the believing men and women.

Or he says: O Lord, forgive us and fulfill our needs (accept our prayers) while keeping in mind himself and all the believing men and women.