فِيمَا يَجْلِبُ الرِّزْقَ وَفِيمَا يَمْنَعُ، وَمَا يَزِيدُ فِي الْعُمْرِ وَمَا يَنْقُصُ

The student also needs strength and knowledge of what increases both it, lifespan, and health so he may devote himself to seeking knowledge — scholars have written whole books on this; I excerpt a little here in brief.

This hadith establishes that sin — especially lying, for which there is a specific report — strips away provision. Sleeping through the late morning prayer blocks sustenance; oversleeping breeds poverty, including poverty of knowledge.

Sleeping naked; urinating bare; eating lying on the side; eating reclined on a side; carelessness when food falls; burning onion or garlic skins; sweeping the house at night with a kerchief; leaving rubbish indoors; walking ahead of elders; calling parents by their first names; using any splinter as a toothpick; washing hands with mud or dust; sitting on the threshold; leaning on either door-leaf; performing wuḍūʾ in the privy; sewing a garment while wearing it; drying the face with the sleeve; tolerating spiders indoors; slackness in prayer; rushing out of the mosque after Fajr; dashing early to market but tarrying to return; buying broken bread from beggars; begging; praying evil against parents; failing to cover pots and blowing out lamps with the breath — tradition marks all such habits as inviting poverty.

Likewise poverty: writing with a knotted pen; combing with a broken comb; omitting prayer for one's parents; wrapping the turban while seated; letting the robe trail while standing; stinginess and tight-fistedness; extravagance; sloth, laziness, and indifference to duties.

A cheerful disposition opens doors to provision; a bright face and kind speech aid memory and sustenance. From Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī: sweeping the courtyard and rinsing vessels attract wealth.

Strongest magnets for provision: perfecting ṣalāh with awe and khushūʿ, aligning the postures and every obligation, sunna, and adab; Ḍuḥā prayer is famous for this; reciting Sūrat al-Wāqiʿa especially at bedtime, plus al-Mulk, al-Muzzammil, al-Layl and Alam nashraḥ; reaching the mosque before the adhān; constant purity; Sunnah of Fajr and witr at home; no worldly chatter after witr; limited sitting with women except when needed; and no idle talk.

As for increasing provision: each day between daybreak and ṣalāh say a hundred times: Subḥān Allāh al-ʿAẓīm wa bi-ḥamdih — twice that phrase — then Astaghfiru lllāh al-ʿAẓīm wa atūbu ilayh; and say La ilāha illā Allāhu l-Maliku l-Ḥaqu l-Mubīnu morning and evening, each a hundred times.

After each Fajr (and likewise after Maghrib) say al-ḥamdu lillāh, subḥān Allāh, and lā ilāha illā Allāh thirty-three times; seek forgiveness seventy times after Fajr; often say lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-Llāhi l-ʿAliyyi l-ʿAẓīm; and send many blessings on the Prophet ﷺ.

On Friday say seventy times: O Allah, enrich me through what You permit so I need not what You forbid, and suffice me by Your bounty apart from all besides You.

Each day and night he says this praise: You are Allah, the Mighty, the Wise; You are Allah, the Sovereign, the Holy; You are Allah, the Wise, the Generous; You are Allah, Creator of good and evil; You are Allah, Creator of Paradise and the Fire; You are Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen; You are Allah, Knower of the secret and what is still more hidden; You are Allah, the Tremendous, the Exalted; You are Allah, Creator of everything, and to Him everything returns; You are Allah, Judge on Judgment Day; You never cease to be; You are Allah — there is no god but You — the One, the Besought; He begets not nor was He begotten, and nothing is comparable to Him; You are the Sovereign, the Holy, the Source of Peace, the Giver of Faith, the Watchful, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Supremely Great — there is no god but You — the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names; all in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

What lengthens life: piety and dutifulness to parents, refraining from harm, honouring elders, and maintaining ties of kinship; and to say morning and evening each day three times: Subḥān Allāhi milʾu l-mīzān, wa muntahā l-ʿilmi, wa mablaġu r-riḍā, wa zinatu l-ʿarsh; Lā ilāha illā Allāhu milʾu l-mīzān, wa muntahā l-ʿilmi wa zinatu l-ʿarsh; Allāhu akbar, milʾu l-mīzān, wa muntahā l-ʿilmi wa mablaġu r-riḍā, wa zinatu l-ʿarsh. Avoid felling moist trees except in necessity; complete wuḍūʾ and pray with reverence; recite Qur'an between Hajj and ʿUmrah; guard health — one should learn some medicine and seek blessing in the prophetic remedies that Imam Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mustaghfirī compiled in his book *Ṭibb al-Nabī* (upon him blessings and peace); whoever seeks it will find it, for it is well known.