Sustenance

Sustenance can refer to any means of subsistence or livelihood.

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Are there any particular days or nights during which specific actions or supplications can be performed to seek an increase in financial sustenance?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 2 years ago

There are many Du'a s and advices from the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) to increase financial Rizq e.g.
1- ALLAHUMMA INNI AS'ALOKA MIN FADHLIKA AL-'ADHEEM KHAIRAL DUNIA WAL AAKHIRA اللهم اني أسألك من فضلك العظيم خير الدنيا والآخرة and also INNA HATHA LA RIZQUNA MA LAHU MIN NAFAAD ان هذا لرزقنا ما له من نفاد
2. Reciting Sura Al-Waqi'ah every night.
3. Repeating Isteghfaar استغفر الله and Salawaat اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد
4. Reciting Azan at home with loud voice.
5. Giving Sadaqa every morning and every evening.
6. Being busy in worshiping Allah between Fajr and sunshine.
7. Praying for other believers who are in need but not in front of them.
8. Visiting the graves of your parents and seeking from Allah near their graves.
9. Being with Wudhu as long as you can especially before meals and before going to bed.
10. Reciting Sura Yaseen every day in the morning or any time.
11. Ziyarat Ashura every day.
12. Namaz e Shabb (Night Prayer) صلاة الليل
These are just few useful things for increasing the Rizq and there are many more in our books.
Wassalam.

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Father . Sustenance . Hope . Salah (Prayers) . God (Allah) . Du'a (Supplication)

Despite praying for my father's well-being and increased sustenance, I haven't seen the desired results. How can I maintain hope and overcome the feeling that Allah is not listening to my prayers and Duas?

We believe that Allah (SWT) Listens to our prayers and Responds to it whenever He Knows best for us. We should never think that Allah is not Listening to our prayers. He Has Promised to respond to our prayers (Invoke Me, I Will respond to you) Sura 40, Verse 60.

Keep on seeking and praying and be sure that Allah Will Definitely Respond.

‘You might wait for some time till the suitable time comes, but be sure that Allah’s response is definite.

Wassalam.

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Sustenance . Taqdir

Is the source of one's sustenance predetermined or can it change based on effort or other factors?

Sustenance can change due certain deeds. It can be increased for those who do good deeds like well treating the parents and the relatives as we have authentic Hadeeths that the sustenance of such person is increased. On the contrary I'll treating or ignoring or boycotting the parents and relatives decrease the sustenance.

Hadeeths mentioned many good acts which cause increasing the sustenance like Sadaqa, Night Prayer ( Salatul Layl), Reciting Ta'qeebat after morning prayers till sunrise, performing Hajj, Umra and Ziyarat, praying for the believers in their absence, etc.

Wassalam.

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Sustenance . Home . Barakah

Are there specific actions one could do to bring sustenance and blessings into one's home?

Ther are many Du'a s and advices from the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) to increase financial Rizq e.g.

1- ALLAHUMMA INNI AS'ALOKA MIN FADHLIKA AL-'ADHEEM KHAIRAL DUNIA WAL AAKHIRA اللهم اني أسألك من فضلك العظيم خير الدنيا والآخرة and also INNA HATHA LA RIZQUNA MA LAHU MIN NAFAAD ان هذا لرزقنا ما له من نفاد

2. Reciting Sura Al-Waqi'ah every night.

3. Repeating Isteghfaar استغفر الله and Salawaat اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد

4. Reciting Azan at home with loud voice.

5. Giving Sadaqa every morning and every evening.

6. Being busy in worshiping Allah between Fajr and sunshine.

7. Praying for other believers who are in need but not in front of them.

8. Visiting the graves of your parents and seeking from Allah near their graves.

9. Being with Wudhu as long as you can especially before meals and before going to bed.

10. Reciting Sura Yaseen every day in the morning or any time.

11. Ziyarat Ashura every day.

12. Namaz e Shabb (Night Prayer) صلاة الليل

These are few useful things for increasing the Rizq and there are many more in our books.

Wassalam.

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Family . Du'a (Supplication) . Sustenance

Is there any Dua that we can say to increase financial Rizq for one's family?

Ther are many Du'a s and advices from the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) to increase financial Rizq e.g.

2. Reciting Sura Al-Waqi'ah every night.

3. Repeating Isteghfaar استغفر الله and Salawaat اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد

4. Reciting Azan at home with loud voice.

5. Giving Sadaqa every morning and every evening.

6. Being busy in worshiping Allah between Fajr and sunshine.

7. Praying for other believers who are in need but not in front of them.

8. Visiting the graves of your parents and seeking from Allah near their graves.

9. Being with Wudhu as long as you can especially before meals and before going to bed.

10. Reciting Sura Yaseen every day in the morning or any time.

11. Ziyarat Ashura every day.

12. Namaz e Shabb (Night Prayer) صلاة الليل

These are few useful things for increasing the Rizq and there are many more in our books.

Wassalam.

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Responsibility . Sustenance . Hunger . God (Allah) . Death . Dunya

If Allah has taken the responsibility for providing sustenance, why is it that so many people die of hunger in the world?

Hadeeth says: Allah created the souls of people 2000 years before creating their bodies, and He created their sustenance 2000 years before creating their souls.

Allah (SWT) Has granted enough sustenance for all His creatures, but arrogant people snatch away the rights of others causing them to be hungry. Ameerul Mo'minnen Ali (AS) said: No one becomes hungry but only because someone else has taken away his right. ما جاع فقير إلا بما منع به غني

The real cause of the poverty is the injustice done by wrong doers on others.

Wassalam.

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Sustenance . Du'a (Supplication)

Can you suggest any Dua's that can help increase my sustenance?

Sayed Mohammedhassan Alsheraa, Sayed MohammedHassan Alsheraa attended the Hawzah in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. Thereafter he continued his Islamic studies in the Hawza of Karbala, Iraq. Alongside his Hawza studies... Answered 6 years ago

Salam Alaykom,

There are multiple supplications which are known to provide the blessing of sustenance/الرزق. However, amongst the most distinguished of these supplications is the dua that is highly recommended to be recited after Ishaa prayer; تعقيب صلاة العشاء

Abeed Ibn Zurara narrates that he was in the company of Imam Jafar Asadiq (a.s) while a poor man complained to the Imam (a.s) about his bad financial status and for a solution out of it. The Imam (a.s) replied "If you have completed your Ishaa prayer then say "O Allah! Verily, I lack acquaintance with the place of my sustenance; rather, I am seeking it owing to ideas that come upon my mind. I consequently wander in places searching for it. By doing such, I am as confused as the confounded, since I do not know whether my sustenance lies in a plain, on a mountain, on the ground, in the air, on lands, in seas, at whose hands, or who the source of it is. I have full knowledge that You know all these, the causes of them are in Your Hands, and it is You Who distribute it out of Your compassion and cause it out of Your mercy. O Allah, please send blessings to Muhammad and his Household and make, O Lord, Your sustenance that is provided (by You) to me expansive, my seeking for it easy for me, and its source close to me. Please, do not fatigue me by seeking that which You have not decided for me to take, because You are certainly in no need for tormenting me while I am in full need for Your mercy. [Please] send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household and confer liberally upon me, Your slave, out of Your graciousness. You are surely the Lord of great favor.”

اللهم إنه ليس لي علم بموضع رزقي، وإنما أطلبه بخطرات تخطر على قلبي فأجول في طلبه البلدان، فأنا فيما أنا طالب كالحيران، لا أدري أفي سهل هو أم في جبل أم في أرض، أم في سماء أم في بر أم في بحر، وعلى يدي من ومن قبل من؟ وقد علمت أن علمه عندك وأسبابه بيدك، وأنت تقسمه بلطفك وتسببه برحمتك، اللهم فصل على محمد وآله، واجعل يا رب رزقك لي واسعا، ومطلبه سهلا، ومأخذه قريبا، ولا تعنتني بطلب ما لم تقدر لي فيه رزقا، فإنك غني عن عذابي، وأنا فقير إلى رحمتك، فصل على محمد وآل محمد، وجد على عبدك بفضلك، إنك ذو فضل عظيم

Abeed Ibn Zurara concludes the narration by stating that not too much time passed until this same poor man became blessed with sustenance.

Of course it's important to note that one condition for this dua or any to be answered- is to have genuine faith in Allah (swt) and to satisfy His requests first before expecting Him to satisfy ours.

Hadith: Bihar Anwar V 83 Pg 124

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Imamah . God (Allah) . Angels . Sustenance

Do the Imams (a) distribute sustenance provided by Allah or is it only Allah through his angels who does it? If so, can an Imam (a) be called a Rabb as what we ask from Allah with their Wasila is bestowed upon us due to their station in front of Allah?

Abbas Di Palma, Shaykh Abbas Di Palma holds a BA and an MA degree in Islamic Studies, and certifications from the Language Institute of Damascus University. He has also studied traditional Islamic sciences in... Answer updated 6 years ago

as salam alaikum

the Qur'an says: "Seek your sustenance from Allah and serve Him" (29:17).

It also says: "He (Allah) does not command you to take the angels and prophets as your Lords ("Arbab", plural of "Rabb"). Would He command you disbelief after you have submitted yourselves (to Allah)?".

It follows that an Imam also is not a Rabb and that only Allah is the Cherisher and Sustainer of the whole creation.

With prayers for your success.