- Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&HF): Whenever one of you is needy and brings that to other people, he will not be satisfied. and Whenever someone is needy and brings that to Lord, he shall give him what he wants. sooner or later.
- Imam Sadiq (As.): Whenever you had tenderness in your heart, Pray. because your heart doesn't get tender unless it's pure.
- I told to Imam Baqir (A.S): “What is the meaning of “truly, Ibrahim was awwah and patient”? He replied: “Awwah means (the one who is) praying (to) and wailing (for God) a lot.””
- “Two people, who have acted alike, enter the heaven, but one of them sees the other one in a higher place. Then, he says: O’ Lord! How come has he a superior place in comparison to me while we acted alike? God the Almighty replies: “because he asked Me (whatever he needed) and you did not do that”.
- “The most knowledgeable person to God is the one who asks more from Him”
- “Whoever prays a lot, the angels say: This voice is familiar (to us) and this is the supplication which is accepted and this is the need which is provided”
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The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household):
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وَ لَوْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللَّهَ حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِهِ لَزَالَتِ الْجِبَالُ بِدُعَائِكُم
If you knew god the way you should’ve known, Mountains definitely will be moved by your supplications. - Crying out of fear of God is the key to his mercy, it’s a sign for his acceptance and it’s a door to answering [supplications]
- Pray to God and believe in his answeres. But understand that God won't accept prays from an unwitting oblivious heart.
Prophetic Supplications: For Trade to be Profitable
For Trade to be Profitable
O Mohammad, and whoever from your nation wants their trade to be profitable, he should say as he begins with it:
يَا مُرْبِيَ نَفَقَاتِ أَهْلِ التَّقْوَى وَ مُضَاعِفَهَا وَ يَا سَائِقَ الْأَرْزَاقِ سَحّاً إِلَى الْمَخْلُوقِينَ وَ يَا ُفَضِّلَنَا بِالْأَرْزَاقِ بَعْضَنَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ سُقْنِي، وَ وَجِّهْنِي فِي تِجَارَتِي هَذِهِ إِلَى وَجْهِ غِنَى عَاصِمٍ شَكُورٍ آخُذُهُ بِحُسْنِ شُكْرٍ لِتَنْفَعَنِي بِهِ وَ تَنْفَعُ بِهِ مِنِّي يَا مُرْبِحَ تِجَارَاتِ الْعَالَمِينَ بِطَاعَتِهِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ سُقْ لِي فِي تِجَارَتِي هَذِهِ رِزْقاً تَرْزُقُنِي فِيهِ حُسْنَ الصُّنْعِ فِيمَا ابْتَلَيْتَنِي بِهِ وَ تَمْنَعُنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الطُّغْيَانِ وَ الْقُنُوطِ يَا خَيْرَ نَاشِرٍ رِزْقَهُ لاَ تُشْمِتْ بِي بِرَدِّكَ عَلَيَّ دُعَائِي بِالْخُسْرَانِ عَدُوّاً لِي، وَ أَسْعِدْنِي بِطَلِبَتِي مِنْكَ وَبِدُعَائِي إِيَّاكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
O the Nourisher of the expenses of the people of piety and Multiplier of them, and O the Driver of sustenance to the created beings, and O the Preferer of some us over others with the sustenance, guide me and direct me in this trade of mine towards the face of a sufficient, grateful [recipient], whom I will take with excellent gratitude so that he may benefit from me and I may benefit from him, O the Enricher of the trades of the worlds by their obedience to Him, send blessings upon Mohammad and the family of Mohammad, and provide for me in this trade of mine a sustenance in which You grant me excellence in what You have tried me with, and prevent me in it from transgression and despair, O the Best one who spread their sustenance. Do not let my enemy rejoice at returning my supplication to me with loss, and make me happy with my request from You and my supplication to You, O the Most Merciful of the merciful.
For indeed, when he says that, I make his trade profitable and nurture it for him.
Ad’iyah al-Sirr: p. 87