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Debt and provision

For when you owe, when money is short, and when you pay back.

Settle our debt and enrich us from poverty

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اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الأَرْضِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَىْءٌ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ

Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the Great Throne, our Lord and Lord of everything, Splitter of grain and date stones, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel and the Criterion: I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything You hold by its forelock. Allah, You are the First, with nothing before You; You are the Last, with nothing after You; You are the Manifest, with nothing above You; You are the Hidden, with nothing nearer than You. Settle our debt for us and enrich us from poverty.

It ends by asking Allah to settle our debt and enrich us from poverty. Abu Hurayra says the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command us to say it when we lie down (Muslim 2713b; the full words are in 2713a). He also taught the same words to Fatima when she asked him for a servant (Muslim 2713c).

Refuge from sin and debt

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ

Allah, I seek refuge in You from sin and from debt.

The Prophet ﷺ used to say this in prayer. When someone asked why he sought refuge from debt so often, he said a man in debt speaks and lies, promises and breaks his promise (Aisha).

Refuge from poverty, scarcity, humiliation and injustice

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ

Allah, I seek refuge in You from poverty, scarcity and humiliation, and I seek refuge in You from wronging or being wronged.

The Prophet ﷺ used to say this (Abu Hurayra).

When repaying a loan

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بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ وَالأَدَاءُ

May Allah bless your family and wealth. The reward of a loan is praise and repayment.

Said when repaying a loan. The Prophet ﷺ had borrowed forty thousand from Abdullah ibn Abi Rabi'a; when money came he repaid him and said this.

In brief: The Prophet ﷺ said: the reward of a loan is praise and repayment.

Refuge from worry and grief

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ، وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Allah, shelter me from anxiety and sorrow, inability and idleness, fearfulness and stinginess, crushing debt and the domination of people.

It includes refuge from the weight of debt (Anas, Bukhari 6369).

Goodness in a time of need

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فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."

The words of Musa (peace be upon him): "I am in need of whatever good You send down to me".

Allah, Owner of all sovereignty

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قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ تُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِۖ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّۖ وَتَرْزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Say, "O Allāh, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand[121] is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent. You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account [i.e., limit or measure]."

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