Question No. 2959 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified سطح محتوا: مقدماتی

What Do You Recommend for Starting a Profitable Business?

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Dear questioner, Master Ali Saei

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Dear teacher, what do you recommend when starting a business, so that it gets off to a good and profitable start?

Subject category: Ethics and Spirituality Supplication and Litany Ethics and Spirituality

The essence and first answer at a glance (60-word summary)

To begin a business that is profitable and blessed, it is recommended to recite Supplications 6 and 33 from al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, offer salutations to the Prophet (PBUH), and recite the supplication “اللهم إنی أسألک بقوتک و قدرتک و بعزتک و ما أحاط به علمک أن تیسر لی من التجاره أوسعها رزقا و أعمها فضلا و خیرها عاقبه”. It is also beneficial to perform the prayer and recite the supplication “غدوت بحول الله و قوته...”

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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Supplications 6 and 33 of the Ṣaḥīfa Sajjadiyya

Recommendation: Visit the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family (the visitation prayer for the Prophet), then perform a two-unit prayer. Afterward, recite this supplication 100 times with a present heart:

اللهم إنی أسألک بقوتک و قدرتک و بعزتک و ما أحاط به علمک أن تیسر لی من التجاره أوسعها رزقا و أعمها فضلا و خیرها عاقبه قال الرجل ففعلت ما أمرنی به فما توجهت بعد ذلک فی وجه إلا رزقنی الله.

Al-Kāfī (Islamiyya edition), vol. 3, p. 473

In the mosque, perform either a two- or four-unit prayer, then recite this supplication with a present heart:

غدوت بحول الله و قوته و غدوت بلا حول منی و لا قوه بل بحولک و قوتک یا رب اللهم إنی عبدک ألتمس من فضلک کما أمرتنی فیسر لی ذلک و أنا خافض فی عافیتک‏

Al-Kāfī (Islamiyya edition), vol. 3, p. 475

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What Do You Recommend for Starting a Profitable Business?

The essence and first answer at a glance (60-word summary)

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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