Is there a du'a for provision (rizq)?

The du'a for sufficiency

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَAllahumma-kfini bi halalika 'an haramika, wa aghnini bi fadlika 'amman siwak"O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have made unlawful, and make me independent of all others besides You through Your bounty."— Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3563, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib رضي الله عنه

What it asks for

The wording is precise, and the precision is the point. It does not ask for wealth; it asks for halal sufficiency — enough of what is permitted that you are not driven to what is forbidden. The second half asks for ghina through Allah's bounty, meaning independence from people rather than from need itself. A person can be poor in cash and rich in this sense, and the du'a is built to produce exactly that.

Where it comes from

Ali رضي الله عنه narrates that a man who had entered a contract of manumission came to him unable to pay what he owed, and asked for help. Ali taught him these words, saying the Prophet ﷺ had taught them to him, and that if a debt the size of a mountain were upon you, Allah would pay it off for you. At-Tirmidhi grades it hasan gharib.

The morning du'a for rizq

The Prophet ﷺ used to say this when he finished the dawn prayer and gave the salutation:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًاAllahumma inni as'aluka 'ilman nafi'an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, goodly provision, and accepted deeds."— Sunan Ibn Majah 925, from Umm Salamah رضي الله عنها

Notice that rizq here is qualified as tayyib — good, wholesome — and that it sits between knowledge and accepted action. The three are asked together because they belong together.

Asking for sufficiency in general

The Prophet ﷺ also used to say:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَىAllahumma inni as'aluka al-huda wa at-tuqa wa al-'afafa wa al-ghina"O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency."— Sahih Muslim 2721, from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud رضي الله عنه

Al-ghina here is the same sufficiency the first du'a asks for, and it is paired with al-'afaf — restraint from what is not yours. The scholars read the pairing as deliberate: contentment and self-restraint are what make sufficiency possible, and asking for one without the other is asking for half.

How to use them

• For debt or hardship: the du'a Ali taught, with the promise attached to it.
• Every morning after Fajr: the three-part du'a of Umm Salamah.
• As a general habit: the du'a of Ibn Mas'ud, which covers guidance and sufficiency in one breath.
• No fixed number is specified in these narrations — they are to be said as du'a, not counted out.

Key takeaways

• The Sunnah contains explicit du'as for rizq, and the strongest of them asks for halal sufficiency, not wealth.
• The du'a Ali taught carries the promise that a mountain-sized debt would be settled through it.
• The Prophet ﷺ asked for rizq tayyib every morning after the dawn prayer, joined with knowledge and accepted deeds.
• Asking for al-ghina is a prophetic practice, and it means independence from people through Allah's bounty.

Further reading

• Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Book of Supplications (Kitab ad-Da'awat)
• Sahih Muslim, Book of Dhikr and Du'a
• Sunan Ibn Majah, Book of Du'a

And Allah knows best.