Refuge in You from the evil, poverty
Muslim (2713) narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to tell us, when any one of us wanted to lie down and sleep, to say: “Allahumma Rabb as-samawati wa Rabb al-ardi wa Rabb al-‘Arsh il-‘Azim, Rabbana wa Rabba kulli shay’, faliq al-habbi wa’n-nawa wa munzil al-Tawrati wa’l-Injili wa’l-Furqan, a‘udhu bika min sharri kulli dabbatin anta akhidhun bi nasiyatiha. Allahumma anta al-awwal fa laysa qablaka shay’, wa anta al-akhiru fa laysa ba’daka shay’. Wa anta az-zahiru fa laysa fawqaka shay’, wa anta al-batinu fa laysa dunaka shay’. Iqdi ‘anna ad-dayna wa aghnina min al-faqr (O Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth, and Lord of the Mighty Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, Splitter of the seed and the date stone, Revealer of the Tawrat, the Injil and the Furqan, I seek refuge in You from the evil of all creatures that You seize by the forelock [i.e., have full control over them]. O Allah, You are the First and there is nothing before You; You are the Last and there is nothing after You. You are the Manifest (az-Zahir) and there is nothing above You; You are the Hidden (al-Batin) and there is nothing beyond You. Settle our debt and spare us from poverty).”
if you have debt like the mountain of Sir, Allah will pay it off for you
It was narrated from ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that a mukaatib (a slave who had entered into a contract of manumission) came to him and said: “I am unable to pay off my manumission; help me.” He said: Shall I not teach you some words which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) taught me? And if you have debt like the mountain of Sir, Allah will pay it off for you. He said: “Say: Allahumma ikfini bi halalika ‘an haramika wa aghnini bi fadlika ‘amman siwaka (O Allah, suffice me with what You have permitted so that I have no need of that which You have forbidden, and make me independent of means by Your bounty so that I have no need of anyone besides You).’” Narrated by at-Tirmidhi (3563); classes as hasan by al-Albani in Sahih at-Tirmidhi.
Supplications to attain provision and wealth, and pay off debts
Ahmad (3712) narrated that ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “No person suffers any anxiety or grief, and says: ‘Allahumma inni ‘abduka wabnu ‘abdika wabnu amatika, naasiyati bi yadika, madin fiyya hukmuka, ‘adlun fiyya qada’uka, as’aluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsaka aw ‘allamtahu ahadan min khalqika aw anzaltahu fi kitabika aw ista’tharta bihi fi ‘ilm il-ghaybi ‘andak an taj‘ala al-Qur’ana rabi‘a qalbi wa nura sadri wa jala’a huzni wa dhahaba hammi (O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your female slave, my forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every Name belonging to You by which You have named Yourself, or You have taught to any of Your creation, or You have revealed in Your Book, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur’an the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety)’ but Allah will take away his sorrow and grief, and give him in their stead joy.” It was said: O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn them (these words)? He said: “Yes indeed; whoever hears them should learn them.”
