Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Salah (prayer) when Asking for Increase in One’s Sustenance َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) الْفَاقَةَ وَالْحُرْفَةَ فِي التِّجَارَةِ بَعْدَ يَسَارٍ قَدْ كَانَ فِيهِ ٠َا يَتَوَجَّهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ إِلاَّ ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْ٠َرَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) بَيْنَ الْقَبْرِ وَالْ٠ِنْبَرِ فَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَقُولَ ٠َّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ وَبِعِزَّتِكَ وَ٠َا أَحَاطَ بِهِ عِلْ٠ُكَ أَنْ تُيَسِّرَ لِي ٠ِنَ التِّجَارَةِ أَوْسَعَهَا رِزْقاً وَأَعَ٠َّهَا فَضْلاً وَخَيْرَهَا عَاقِبَةً قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَفَعَلْتُ ٠َا تَوَجَّهْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهٍ إِلاَّ رَزَقَنِيَ الله.

‘Perform two Rak‘at Salah (prayer) there and say, one hundred times, ‘O Lord, I appeal to You through Your power, Your determination, Your majesty and through whatever Your knowledge has encompassed, please facilitate my business and increase it for my sustenance in a way that is better and of good consequences.’ The man has said that thereafter in whichever way I moved for business Allah granted me benefits.” جهول كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/455))