Rizq Dua by Imam Ali (a.s)

From Amirul Momineen Ali bin Abi Talib, Allah’s blessings be upon him said: One who is having problems regarding his livelihood and the ways of earning are closed on him, he should write the following on deer skin or a piece of leather and hang it or put it in some clothes that he wears. Then he will not take it off but that Allah will widen his sustenance and open for him doors of earnings from where he has least expected and it is as follows:

اَللَّهُمَّ لاَ طَاقَةَ لِفُلاَنِ بْنِ فُلاَنٍ بِالْجُهدِ وَ لاَ صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَی الْبَلاَءِ وَ لاَ قُوَّةَ لَهُ عَلَی الْفَقْرِ وَ الفَاقَةِ اَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ لاَ تَحْظُرْ عَلٰی فُلاَنِ بْنِ فُلاَنٍ رِزْقَكَ وَ لاَ تُقَتِّرَ عَلَيْهِ سِعَةَ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَ لاَ تَحْرِمْهُ فَضْلَكَ وَ لاَ تَحْسِمْهُ مِنْ جَزِيْلِ قِسَمِكَ وَ لاَ تَكِلْهُ إِلٰى خَلقِكَ وَ لاَ إِلٰی نَفْسِهِ…

Allaahumma laa t’aaqata lifulaanIbnI fulaaniM bil juhdi wa laa s’abra lahu a’lal balaa-i wa laa quwwata lahu a’lal faqri wal faaqati allaahumma fas’alli a’laa muh’ammadinw wa aali muh’ammad. Wa laa tah’z’ur a’laa fulaanibnI fulaaniR rizqAka wa laa tuqattira a’laihi sia’ta maA i’ndaka wa laa tah’rimhu faz”laka wa laa tah’simhu min jazeeli qIsamika wa laatAkilhu ilaa khalqika wa laa ilaa nafsihi…

O Allah so and so, son of so and so, has no strength to struggle and no patience to bear the hardships and no power for him in poverty and hunger. O Allah then bless Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and do not hinder upon so and so, son of so and so, Your sustenance and do not decrease for him the widening of sustenance that is with You and do not deprive him of Your Grace and do not prevent from his share of sustenance and do not entrust him to Your creatures and neither to his ownself…

فَيَعْجَزَ عَنْهَا وَ يَضْعُفُ عَنِ الْقِيَامِ فِيْمَا يُصْلِحُهُ وَ يُصْلِحُ مَا قَبْلَهُ بَلْ تَنْفَرِدُ بِلَمِّ شَعْثِهِ وَ تَوَلِّىْ كِفَايَتِهِ وَ انْظُرْ إِلَيْهِ فِىْ جَمِيْعِ اُمُوْرِهِ إِنَّكَ إنْ وَكَلْتَهُ إِلٰی خَلْقِكَ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوْهُ وَ إنْ اَلْجاَتَهُ إِلٰی اَقْرِبَائِهِ حَرَمُوْهُ وَ إنْ اَعْطُوْهُ اَعْطُوْهُ قَلِيْلاً نَكِدًا وَ إِنْ مَنَعُوْهُ مَنَعُوْهُ كَثِيْراً وَ إِنْ بَخِلُوْا بَخِلُوْا فَهُمْ لِلْبُخْلِ اَهْلِ، اَللَّهُمَّ اَغْنِ فُلاَنَ بْنَ فُلاَنٍ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ لاَ تُخْلِهِ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مُضْطَرٌّ إِلَيْكَ فَقِيْرٌ إِلٰی مَا فِىْ يَدَيْكَ وَ اَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْهُ وَ اَنْتَ بِهِ خَبِيْرٌ عَلِيْمٌ…

fa ya’-jaza a’nhaa wa yaz”-u’fu a’nil qiyaami feemaa yus’lih’uhu wa yus’lih’u maa qAblahu bal tanfaridu bIlamMi shA’thihi wa tuwallee kifaayatihi wanz’ur ilaihi fee jameei’ umoorihi innaka in wakaltahu ilaa khalqika lam yanfao’o’hu wa in aljaa-tahu ilaa aqribaa-ihi h’aramoohu wa in aa’t’oohu aa’t’oohu qaleelan nakIdanw wa in manao’o’hu manao’o’hu katheeranw wa im bakhilu bakhilu fahum lil bukhli ahlI. Allaahumma aghni fulaanabna fulaanim min faz”lika wa laa tukhlihi minhu fa-innahu muz”t’arrun ilaika faqeerun ilaa maa fee yadaika wa anta ghaneeyun a’nhu wa anta bihi khabeeruM a’leemu…

So that he becomes helpless and is weak to rise up in that in which lies his betterment and what was before him. But single him out for straightening his muddled affairs and take the responsibility of the fulfillment of his needs and keep an eye on all his affairs. Indeed You, if you entrust him to Your creatures he will not benefit and if you leave him upon his relatives he would be deprived. And if they give him they would give little and less. And if they prevent from him they will restrain much. And if they are miserly they would be miserly, for they are the miserly ones. O Allah, make so and so, son of so and so, needless by Your Grace and do not keep him bereft of it. For he is distressed towards You, needful of what is with You and You are needless of him. And You are informed and knowing about him.

وَ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَی اللهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللهَ بَالِغُ اَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللهُ لِكُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَ يَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَحْتَسِبُ.

wa maYn yatawakkal a’lallaahi fahuwa h’asbuhu innallaaha baalighu amrihi qad ja-a’-lallaahU likulli shai-in qadran inna ma-a’l u’sri yusra. wa maYn yattaqillaahA yaj-a’l lahu makhrajanw wa yarzuqhu min h’aithu laa yah’tasib.

And whoever trusts in Allah, He is sufficient for him, surely Allah attains His purpose, Allah indeed has appointed a measure for everything. Surely with difficulty is ease. And whoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah, He will make for him an outlet, and give him sustenance from whence he thinks not.[1] From Ali (a.s.): One who begins his day and does not utters these words, it is feared that his sustenance would be destroyed.

اَلْحَمْدُ ِللهِ الَّذِىْ عَرَّفَنِيْ نَفْسَهُ، يَتْرُكْنِيْ عَمِىَّ الْقَلْبِ، اَلْحَمْدُ ِللهِ الَّذِىْ جَعَلَنِيْ مِنْ اُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّی اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، اَلْحَمْدُ ِللهِ الَّذِىْ جَعَلَ رِزْقِىْ فِىْ يَدِهِ، وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ فِىْ اَيْدِىْ النَّاسِ، اَلْحَمْدُ ِللهِ الَّذِىْ سَتَرَ عَوْرَتِىْ وَ لَمْ يَفْضَحْنِيْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ.

Alh’amdu lillaahilladhee a’rrafanee nafsahu, wa lam yataruknee a’meeyal qalb. Alh’amdu lillaahilladhee ja-a’lanee min ummati muh’ammadin s’allallaahu a’laihi wa aalih. Alh’amdu lillaahilladhee ja-a’la rizqee fee yadih. Wa lam yaj-a’lhu fee aidinnaas. Alh’amdu lillaahilladhee satara a’uratee wa lam yafz”ah’nee bainan naas.

Praise be to Allah, the One Who has introduced me His self, and did not leave me blind by the heart. Praise be to Allah Who made me from the nation of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his family. Praise be to Allah Who kept my sustenance in His hands and did not put it in the control of people. Praise be to Allah Who concealed my defects and did not expose me among the people. Also recite the following for increase of sustenance:

اَللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِيْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ، الْحَلاَلِ الطَّيِّبِ، رِزْقًا حَلاَلاً طَيِّبًا، بَلاَغًا لِلدُّنْيَا وَ اْلآخِرَةِ، صَبًّا صَبًّا هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا، مِنْ غَيْرِ كَدٍّ وَ لاَ مَنٍّ مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، إِلاَّ سَعَةً مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ، فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ. وَ اسْاَلُوْا اللهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ. فَمِنْ فَضْلِكَ اَسْاَلَ، وَ مِنْ عَطَيْتِكَ اَسْاَلَ، وَ مِنْ يَدِكَ الْمَلاَیٰ اَسْاَلَ.

Allaahummar zuqnee min faz”likal wasii’l h’alaalit’ t’iyyibi rizqan h’alaalan t’ayyibaM balaaghaL LIDdunyaa wal aakhirah. S’abban s’abban hanee-am maree-aa. Min ghairi kadinW wa laa mannim min ah’adim min khalqika illaa sAa’tam min faz”likal waasii’ fa-innaka qulta was alullaaha min faz”lihi famin faz”lika asa-ala wa min a’t’iatika asa-ala wa miyn yakal malaayaa as-al.

O Allah, give me from Your wide Grace, and the permissible and the pure, a sustenance that is permissible and pure, sufficient for the world and the Hereafter, in continuous outpour, pleasing to eat and drink without undue struggle and without being under an obligation of one of Your creatures. Except that You widen it by Your wide favor; for indeed You have said: “And ask Allah through His Grace”. Then from Your Grace I ask. And I ask you through Your bestowal and I ask You from Your hands that are full of bounties.