5. Having good expectations of Allah and not hastening the response
The supplicant should call upon Allah, the Exalted, with good expectations of Him and with firm certainty that the supplication will be answered. He should not hasten the response; rather, he should remain confident in Allah’s promise.
Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said:
“The supplication of a servant continues to be answered so long as he does not supplicate for sin or the severing of family ties, and so long as he does not hasten.”
It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, what does hastening mean?”
He replied: “That he says, ‘I have supplicated and supplicated, yet I do not see that I am being answered,’ so he becomes discouraged and abandons supplication.”
Reported by Muslim (no. 2735).