Chapter 17
Eight Supplications for Increase in Sustenance and Elimination of Poverty
(1) Supplication for Sustenance(2) Supplication upon Arrival of Blessing, Scarcity of Sustenance, Sorrow and Trouble
(3) Supplication for Seeking Sustenance
(4) Repeating Azan for Delivarance from Distress
(5) Supplication for Blessing in Livelihood
(6) Supplication to be Recited Daily for Deliverance from Poverty
(7) Supplication for the Safety of Purchased Goods
(8) Supplication for Safety of Goods from Destruction
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr reports the
following: ‘Once I said to Imam Reza (a.s.), ‘May Allah keep my
soul in service for your cause. Pray to Allah – the Most Majestic,
the Most Holy – to grant me lawful sustenance.’ The Imam (a.s.)
said,
‘Do you know
what lawful sustenance is?’ I said, ‘That which we earn and is pure.’ The
Imam (a.s.) said that Ali ibn al-Husain (a.s.) would say,
‘Lawful
sustenance is the sustenance of the chosen ones.’
The Imam (a.s.) then instructed me to say,
(1) Supplication for
Sustenance
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اَسْاَلُكَ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ الْوَاسِعِ. |
as-aloka min rizqekal waa-se-e’. |
I plead before You for Your vast sustenance.0 |
(2) Supplication upon Arrival of Blessing, Scarcity of Sustenance, Sorrow and Trouble
Imam Reza (a.s.) narrates on the authority of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that he (s.a.w.a.) said:
“Whomever Allah – the High – has bestowed a blessing should praise Allah – the High. Whoever receives his share of daily sustenance with hardship should ask Allah for forgiveness. Whoever is saddened by something should say,
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لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ. |
laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah. |
There are no means and no power without Allah.0 |
(3) Supplication for Seeking Sustenance
Brother of Debil Khozaaee reports that my master Imam Reza (a.s.) said:
My honorable father Imam Moosa Ibn Ja’far (a.s.) said: My father on the authority of my honorable father Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad (a.s.) who on the authority of his honorable father Imam Muhammad Ibn Ali (a.s.) who said:
When you get up early in the morning recite this supplication:
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اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِيْ سَهْمًا وَافِرًا فِيْ كُلِّ حَسَنَةٍ اَنْزَلْتَهَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ فِيْ هٰذَا الْيَوْمِ وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّيْ كُلَّ مُصِيْبَةٍ اَنْزَلْتَهَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ فِيْ هٰذَا الْيَوْمِ وَ عَافِنِيْ مِنْ طَلَبِ مَا لَمْ تُقَدِّرْ لِيْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ وَ مَا قَدَّرْتَ لِيْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَسُقْهُ اِلَيَّ فِيْ يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَ عَافِيَةٍ. |
allaahummaj a’l lee sahman waaferan fee kulle hasanatin anzaltahaa menas samaaa-e elal arze fee haazal yawme was rif a’nnee kulla moseebatin anzaltahaa menas samaaa-e elal arze fee haazal yawme wa a’afenee min talabe maa lam toqaddir lee min rizqin wa maa qaddarta lee min rizqin fa-suqhu elayya fee yusrin minka wa a’afeyah. |
O Allah! Place for me abundant portion in all the goodness which is descended from the sky to the earth in this day, and turn away from me all the misfortune which is descended from the sky to the earth in this day, and keep me safe from asking sustenance which You have not decided for me, and give the sustenance which has been ordained for me from Your side with ease and wellbeing. |
Then say ‘Aameen’ three times. 0
(4) Repeating Azan for Delivarance from Distress
Imam Reza (a.s.) narrated:
“A person came to Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a.s.) and complained to him for his poverty and distress, Imam (a.s.) said to him:
Whenever you listen the voice of Azan repeat the same sentences.”0
(5) Supplication for Blessing in Livelihood
Muhammad Ibn Muslim narrated on the authority of Imam Muhammad Baqar (a.s.) or Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a.s.) that he (a.s.) said:
“When you buy merchandise or something say Takbeer (Allah is Great beyond description) three times. Then recite this dua:
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اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُهٗ اَلْتَمِسُ فِيْهِ مِنْ خَيْرِكَ فَاجْعَلْ لِيْ فِيْهِ خَيْرًا. اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُهٗ اَلْتَمِسُ فِيْهِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ. |
allaahumma innish taraytohu altameso feehe min khayreka faj-a’l lee feehe khayraa. allaahumma innish taraytohu altameso feehe min fazlek. |
O Allah! I have purchased this and I seek in it Your Benevolence. Then place in it goodness. O Allah! I have purchased it and seek in it Your Grace. |
Then Imam (a.s.) said:
Whenever Imam Reza (a.s.) would purchase anything he would write on it:
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بَرَكَةً لَنَا. |
baraktan lanaa. |
Blessing for us.0 |
(6) Supplication to be Recited Daily for Deliverance from Poverty
Imam Reza (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said:
“Whoever would recite this supplication one hundred times every day
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لَا اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللہُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِیْنُ. |
laa elaaha illal laahul malekul haqqul mobeen. |
There is no god, except Allah, the Ruler, the Real, the Manifest. |
will attract richness through it and drive away poverty. The doors of Hell will be closed for him and the gates of Paradise will be opened for him.”0
(7) Supplication for the Safety of Purchased Goods
This narration has been attributed to Imam Reza (a.s.):
“Whenever you purchase any of these – goods, slave girl or animal recite this supplication:
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اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اشْتَرَيْتُهٗ اَلْتَمِسُ فِيْهِ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ فَاجْعَلْ لِيْ فِيْهِ رِزْقًا. اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَلْتَمِسُ فِيْهِ فَضْلَكَ فَاجْعَلْ لِيْ فِيْهِ فَضْلًا. اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَلْتَمِسُ فِيْهِ مِنْ خَيْرِكَ وَ بَرَكَتِكَ وَ سِعَةِ رِزْقِكَ فَاجْعَلْ لِيْ فِيْهِ رِزْقًا وَاسِعًا وَ رِبـْحًا طَيِّبًا هَنِيْۗئًا مَرِيًّا. |
allaahumma inneesh taraytohu altameso feehe min rizqeka faj-a’l lee feehe rizqan. allaahumma innee altameso feehe fazlaka faj-a’l lee feehe fazlan. allaahumma inee altameso feehe min khayreka wa barakateka wa se-a’te rizqeka faj-a’l lee feehe rizqan waase-a’n wa rib-han tayyeban haneee-an mariyyan. |
O Allah! I have purchased it and seek in it sustenance from You, then place for me sustenance in it. O Allah! I have purchased it and seek in it Your favour, then place for me favour in it. O Allah! I seek in it Your goodness, Your blessing and Your ample sustenance, then place for me in it abundant sustenance and good profit, pleasant and tasty. |
Repeat these sentences three times.0
(8) Supplication for Safety of Goods from Destruction
This narration is also attributed to Imam Reza (a.s.):
“Whenever you intend to keep your goods at a safe place recite Aayatul Kursee, write and keep it in the middle of goods and also write this:
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وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْۢ بَيْنِ اَيْدِيْہِمْ سَدًّا وَّمِنْ خَلْفِہِمْ سَدًّا فَاَغْشَيْنٰہُمْ فَہُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُوْنَ۹ لَا ضَيْعَةَ عَلٰي مَا حَفِظَهُ اللهُ. فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللہُ۰ۤۡۖ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ھُوَ۰ۭ عَلَيْہِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَھُوَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ۱۲۹ۧ |
WA JA-A’LNAA MIM BAYNE AYDEEHIM SADDANW WA MIN KHALFEHIM SADDAN FA-AGHSHAYNAAHUM FAHUM LAA YUBSEROON. laa zay-a’ta a’laa maa hafezahul laah. FA-IN TAWALLAW FA-QUL HASBEYAL LAAH, LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOO, A’LAYHE TAWAKKALTO WA HOWA RABBUL A’RSHIL A’ZEEM. |
And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them, then We have covered them over so that they do not see.0 It will not destroy what Allah protects. But if they turn away, Say: “Allah suffices me: there is no god but He: On Him is my trust, He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme!”0 |
If you keep your goods in this way then it would not be destroyed if Almighty Allah wills.0