HOW TO INCREASE RIZQ (PROVISIONS)?

12 WAYS TO INCREASE RIZQ (PROVISIONS)

One of the 99 Names of Allah is Ar-Razzag

(الرَّزَّاقُ) meaning The Total Provider / The

Sustainer. Allah is the One who provides

everything we need to live in this world.

These are called Rizq, generally meaning

Provisions.

Rizq is not just wealth and food, but

also everything else that you have

been blessed with in your life; from

people, to assets, to nature, to the

clean air you breathe to everything

luxurious you possess, materialistically

as well as intellectually and spiritually.

From the eyes that you are reading this with,

to the laptop/phone you are reading this on,

to the small pencil that lays unnoticed on

your desk, all is from Allah swt. Let's take a

look at ways to increase our Rizq.

1. TAWAKKUL

(RELIANCE UPON ALLAH ALONE)

Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be

pleased with him) narrated that he heard

the Prophet (may the peace and blessings

of Allah be upon him) say,

"If you would trust in Allah as He truly should

be trusted, He would surely provide for you as

He provides for the birds. They set out in the

morning with empty stomachs and return in

the evening with full stomachs."

[Musnad Imam Ahmad, In Majah

4164, Tirmidhi 2344. Authenticated

in As-Saheehah 310.]

2. TAWBAH

(REPENTANCE) FROM SINS

Allah says:

"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.

[Surah Nooh 71:10-12]

3. TAQWA

(GOD-CONSCIOUSNESS, PIETY)

Allah says:

"And whosoever fears Allah 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

[Quran 65:2-3]

4. KEEPING TIES OF KINSHIP

Abu Hurayrah (ra) narrated that he heard

The Prophet (4) say:

"Whoever would like his

provision to be abundant and his lifespan to be

extended, let him uphold his ties of kinship.

[Bukhari & Muslim]

5. AN-NIKAAH (MARRIAGE)

"And marry off the unmarried among

you and the righteous among your male

slaves and female slaves. If they should

be poor, Allah will enrich them from

His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing

and Knowing.

[Surah An-Nur 24:321

6. SADAQAH (GIVING CHARITY)

"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 compensate

it. And He is the Best of providers."

[Surah as-Saba' 34:39]

And Allah Says...

The likeness of those who spend their

wealth in the Way of Allah, is as the likeness

of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears,

and each ear has a hundred grains.And

Allah multiplies [His reward] for whom He

wills. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His

creatures' needs, All-Knower.

[Surah al-Baqarah 2:261]

  7. 'IBAADAH (WORSHIP)

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with

him) narrated that the Prophet (may the

peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

said,

Allah says,

"O son of Adam! Take time out to

constantly worship me, I will fill your heart with

contentment, and remove your poverty, and if you

do not do so. I will make your hands constantly

occupied but I will not remove your poverty

[Musnad Imam Ahmad, Tirmidhi 2466, Ibn Majah

4107. Authenticated in As-Saheehah 1359.]

8. GRATITUDE AND PRAISING ALLAH

"And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed,

"If you are grateful, I will surely increase

you [in favour]; but if you show ingratitude,

indeed, My punishment is severe

[Surah Ibrahim 14:71

9. DUA (SUPPLICATION)

Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased

with her) narrated that the Prophet (bià;)

used to say, when he would pray the

Morning Prayer, after making the taslim

[saying Asalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmahtullah

to the right and then to the left] he would

say,

"O Allah a , I ask You for knowledge which is

beneficial and sustenance which is good, and

deeds which are acceptable."

[Ibn Majah 926, 3843]

The Prophet (bi) also said:

"Du'aa' is worship.

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3372

10. DOING HAJJ AND 'UMRAH

Abdullah Ibn Mas'ood (may Allah be pleased with

him) narrated that the Prophet (#*) said,

Perform Hajj and 'Umrah consecutively. Verily, the

succession between the two (rituals) removes away

poverty and removes away sins just as the bellows

removes away the dross of iron and gold and silver.

And a Hajj not mingled with a sin has no reward

except paradise." (In Majah 2887.

Authenticated in As-Saheehah1200.

11. HAVING CHILDREN

And do not kill your children for fear of poverty.

We (Allah) provide for them and for you. Indeed,

the killing of them is a great sin."

[Surah Al-Isra' 17:311]

12. HONESTY AND FAIRNESS IN TRADE

AND BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

Hakim ibn Hazim (may Allah

be pleased with him) narrated

that the Prophet (E) said,

"The two parties of a transaction have

the right (to annul the contract) as long

as they do not separate (from each

other). So, if they were truthful (to one

another), and honest in explaining (the

defects of an item), then they will be

blessed in their transaction.

But, if they lied, and hid (the defects of

an item) then the blessings of their

transaction are destroyed.

Muslim Book 10:3661