{Islamic Mailing Group} Want to increase your Provision?

There are some means of increasing provision that are prescribed in Islam, which we shall highlight here, so as to adopt the means that are prescribed and warn against innovations in religion. These include: 

·        Istighfaar (praying for forgiveness) 

Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):

"I said (to them): Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

He will send rain to you in abundance;

And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers"

[Nooh 70:10-12]. 

·        Upholding ties of kinship 

Al-Bukhaari (2067) and Muslim (2557) narrated from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever would like his rizq (provision) to be increased and his life to be extended, should uphold the ties of kinship." 

An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

"his rizq (provision) to be increased" means to be expanded and made abundant or, it was said, to be blessed (barakah). End quote. 

·        Giving a great deal of charity 

Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): 

"Say: Truly, my Lord enlarges the provision for whom He wills of His slaves, and (also) restricts (it) for him, and whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah's Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers"

[Saba' 34:39]. 

Muslim (2588) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Charity does not decrease wealth." 

An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

They (the scholars) mentioned two meanings of this hadeeth, one of which is that (the wealth) will be blessed (as a result of giving charity) and harm will be warded off from it, so the apparent decrease will be compensated for by means of hidden blessing (barakah). This is something that is well known from experience. The second is that even if it appears to be decreased outwardly, there will be compensation for that in the reward that results from it, and it will be increased manifold. End quote. 

·        Being mindful of Allah and fearing Him (taqwa) 

Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):

"And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).

  "And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine"

[al-Talaaq 65:2-3]. 

·        Performing Hajj and 'Umrah often, following one with the other  

At-Tirmidhi (810) narrated that 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said: The Messenger of Allah (sa) said: "Make the Hajj and 'Umrah follow each other closely, for they remove poverty and sins as the bellows removes the dross of iron, gold and silver, and an accepted Hajj brings no less a reward than Paradise.". It was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani. 

·        Du'aa' (supplication) 

It was narrated by Ibn Maajah (925) from Umm Salamah that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to say, when he said the salaam at the end of Fajr prayer: "Allaahumma inni as'aluka rizqan tayyiban, wa 'ilman naafi'an, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan (O Allaah, I ask you for good (halaal) provision, beneficial knowledge and accepted good deeds)."  

Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah. 

And Allah knows best.

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