كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُسْنَ الْمَعِيشَةِ مَعِيشَةً أَتَقَوَّى بِهَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي وَ أَتَوَصَّلُ بِهَا فِي الْحَيَاةِ إِلَى آخِرَتِي مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُتْرِفَنِي فِيهَا فَأَطْغَى أَوْ تَقْتُرَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ فَأَشْقَى أَوْسِعْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ حَلَالِ رِزْقِكَ وَ أَفِضْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ سَيْبِ فَضْلِكَ نِعْمَةً مِنْكَ سَابِغَةً وَ عَطَاءً غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ ثُمَّ لَا تَشْغَلْنِي عَنْ شُكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ بِإِكْثَارٍ مِنْهَا تُلْهِينِي بَهْجَتُهُ وَ تَفْتِنِّي زَهَرَاتُ زَهْوَتِهِ وَ لَا بِإِقْلَالٍ عَلَيَّ مِنْهَا يَقْصُرُ بِعَمَلِي كَدُّهُ وَ يَمْلَأُ صَدْرِي هَمُّهُ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا إِلَهِي غِنًى عَنْ شِرَارِ خَلْقِكَ وَ بَلَاغاً أَنَالُ بِهِ رِضْوَانَكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا إِلَهِي مِنْ شَرِّ الدُّنْيَا وَ شَرِّ مَا فِيهَا لَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيَّ سِجْناً وَ لَا فِرَاقَهَا عَلَيَّ حُزْناً أَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ فِتْنَتِهَا مَرْضِيّاً عَنِّي مَقْبُولًا فِيهَا عَمَلِي إِلَى دَارِ الْحَيَوَانِ وَ مَسَاكِنِ الْأَخْيَارِ وَ أَبْدِلْنِي بِالدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةِ نَعِيمَ الدَّارِ الْبَاقِيَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَزْلِهَا وَ زِلْزَالِهَا وَ سَطَوَاتِ شَيَاطِينِهَا وَ سَلَاطِينِهَا وَ نَكَالِهَا وَ مِنْ بَغْيِ مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ كَادَنِي فَكِدْهُ وَ مَنْ أَرَادَنِي فَأَرِدْهُ وَ فُلَّ عَنِّي حَدَّ مَنْ نَصَبَ لِي حَدَّهُ وَ أَطْفِ عَنِّي نَارَ مَنْ شَبَّ لِي وَقُودَهُ وَ اكْفِنِي مَكْرَ الْمَكَرَةِ وَ افْقَأْ عَنِّي عُيُونَ الْكَفَرَةِ وَ اكْفِنِي هَمَّ مَنْ أَدْخَلَ عَلَيَّ هَمَّهُ وَ ادْفَعْ عَنِّي شَرَّ الْحَسَدَةِ وَ اعْصِمْنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِالسَّكِينَةِ وَ أَلْبِسْنِي دِرْعَكَ الْحَصِينَةَ وَ اخْبَأْنِي فِي سِتْرِكَ الْوَاقِي وَ أَصْلِحْ لِي حَالِي وَ صَدِّقْ قَوْلِي بِفَعَالِي وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي أَهْلِي وَ مَالِي .
Translation
Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘It was so that Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> used to supplicate with this supplication: ‘O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I plead before You<sup>azwj</sup> for good means of living with which I may gain power for all of my needs and continue my life to the next life, but no so affluently with which I may rebel, or such constraints that make me miserable. Expand for me Your<sup>azwj</sup> lawful sustenance and Increase for me Your<sup>azwj</sup> generous favour, a delightful bounty, and a charity for me without being burdened. Do not Cause me to be held back from paying thanks for Your<sup>azwj</sup> bounties (due to the abundance of the same), Then do not Let me<sup>asws</sup> be too pre-occupied from thanking for Your<sup>azwj</sup> Bounties due to the abundance from it, and its delight would distract me<sup>asws</sup> and the blossoms of its flowers would tempt me<sup>asws</sup>, nor by the scarcity upon me<sup>asws</sup> from it, reducing my<sup>asws</sup> toiling for it, and filling my<sup>asws</sup> chest with its worries. Give it to me<sup>asws</sup> from that, O my<sup>asws</sup> God, self-sufficiency from the evil of Your<sup>azwj</sup> creatures, and adequate I<sup>asws</sup> can take Your<sup>azwj</sup> Pleasure with it, and I<sup>asws</sup> can seek Refuge with You<sup>azwj</sup>, O my<sup>asws</sup> God, from the evil of the world and the evil of whatever is in it. Make the prison to be a prison upon me<sup>asws</sup> and do not (Make) its separation to be a grief upon me<sup>asws</sup>. Extract me<sup>asws</sup> from its strife being Pleased from me<sup>asws</sup>, my<sup>asws</sup> deeds having been Accepted in it, to the house of (eternal) life and the dwelling of the Chosen ones, and Exchange for me with the perishable world, the Bounties of the House of the Remaining. O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I seek Refuge with You<sup>azwj</sup> from its decline and its turbulence, and the hold-ups of its Satans<sup>la</sup>, and its ruling authorities, and its troubles, and the ones who rebel, the ones who rebel against me in it. O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! The one who plots against me<sup>asws</sup>, Plan against him, and the one intends (to harm) me<sup>asws</sup>, so Harm him, and Neutralise from me a limit from the one who establishes a limitation to me<sup>asws</sup>, and Extinguish from me<sup>asws</sup> the fire of the one who lights it to me and fuels it; and Suffice me for the plots of the plotters, and Divert from me<sup>asws</sup> the spying eyes of the disbelievers, and Suffice me<sup>asws</sup> for the worries of the one who enters the worries upon me<sup>asws</sup>, and Repel from me<sup>asws</sup> the evil of the envy and Rescue me<sup>asws</sup> from that with the tranquillity, and Clothe me<sup>asws</sup> with Your<sup>azwj</sup> Fortified Shield, and Hide me<sup>asws</sup> in Your<sup>azwj</sup> Defensive Veil, and Correct my<sup>asws</sup> situation for me<sup>asws</sup>, and Verify my<sup>asws</sup> words with my<sup>asws</sup> deeds, and Bless for me<sup>asws</sup> in my<sup>asws</sup> family and my<sup>asws</sup> wealth’’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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