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“O Allah! Increase his wealth and offspring and bless (for him) whatever You give him.”

اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ

Hadith Reference:

Narrated Um Sulaim:that she said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Anas is your servant, so please invoke for Allah’s blessing for him.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Allah! Increase his wealth and offspring and bless (for him) whatever You give him.”

Ref: Sahih al-Bukhari 6344 :Mentioned in the chapter of “The invocation of the Prophet (saws) for his servant”

Thabit reported on the authority of Anas:The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and there was none in our house but I, my mother and my aunt Umm Haram. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Stand up so that I may lead you in prayer (and there was no time for prescribed prayer). He led us in prayer. A person said to Thabit: Where stood Anas with him (the Holy Prophet)? He replied: He was on the right side.

He then blessed us, the members of the household with every good of this world and of the Hereafter. My mother said: Messenger of Allah (and then, pointing towards Anas, said), here is your little servant, invoke the blessing of Allah upon him too. He then blessed me with every good, and he concluded his blessings for me (with these words): Allah! increase his wealth, and his children and make (them the source of) blessing for him.

Ref: Sahih Muslim 660 a , The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer

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Dua for Wealth: The Prophet’s ﷺ Blessed Supplication for Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه — and What It Teaches Us About Rizq

By Alimah Fahmina Jawed | IslamHashtag

There is a dua in Sahih Bukhari that began with a mother’s love.

Umm Sulaym رضي الله عنها — one of the most remarkable women of the Sahabah — looked at her young son serving the Prophet ﷺ and felt what every mother feels: I want everything good for him. So she did the most intelligent thing a mother can do. She didn’t try to accumulate that goodness herself. She went to the one whose dua is answered, and she asked.

“O Messenger of Allah, Anas is your servant — please make dua for him.”

And the Prophet ﷺ raised his hands and said:

The Dua — Arabic, Transliteration and Translation

اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ، وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ

Allāhumma akthir mālahu wa waladahu, wa bārik lahu fīmā a’ṭaytahu

“O Allah! Increase his wealth and his offspring, and bless (for him) whatever You give him.”

— Sahih al-Bukhari 6344 | Sahih Muslim 660

This dua appears in two of the most rigorously authenticated collections in Islamic scholarship — Bukhari and Muslim both — making it among the most verified supplications we have. And it contains within its three clauses a complete Islamic philosophy of wealth.

What Did Anas ibn Malik Receive from This Dua?

The scholars of hadith recorded what happened to Anas رضي الله عنه as a direct result of this prophetic blessing. Anas himself narrated later in his life:

“By Allah, my wealth has become abundant. My children and grandchildren are now over one hundred.”

Imam al-Nawawi, in his commentary on Sahih Muslim, notes that Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه lived to approximately one hundred years of age — a long, prosperous, and blessed life — and attributed it to this dua of the Prophet ﷺ.

This is not coincidence. This is the answer to a dua made by the most honoured tongue in creation.

Word-by-Word: What This Dua Actually Contains

1. Allāhumma — O Allah

Every meaningful supplication begins here. Not “O Provider” (though Al-Razzaq is among His names), not “O Giver” — but the name that encompasses all His attributes. Beginning with Allāhumma is itself a form of tawassul through His Greatest Name.

2. Akthir mālahu — Increase his wealth

Akthir comes from the root kathura — to be many, to be abundant. This is not asking for enough wealth. This is asking for abundant wealth. Note that the Prophet ﷺ, the man who personally chose to live with the least of worldly possessions, did not hesitate to ask Allah for abundance for his companion. Wealth itself is not condemned in Islam — it is the relationship with wealth that matters. The Prophet ﷺ said: “The best wealth is that in the hand of a righteous person.” — Ahmad, authenticated by al-Albani

3. Wa waladahu — And his offspring

Alongside wealth, the Prophet ﷺ asked for progeny. This pairing is significant. In Arabic and in Islamic thought, the mention of māl wa walad (wealth and children) together represents completeness of worldly blessing — it is the combination found in the Quran in Surah Al-Kahf (18:46): “Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world.” The Prophet ﷺ knew that real barakah in life is not wealth alone, but the warmth of family to share it with.

4. Wa bārik lahu fīmā a’ṭaytahu — And bless (for him) whatever You give him

This is the most profound clause of the three, and it is where most people stop paying attention.

Bārik — bless — is from the root baraka, related to water settling in a place and nourishing it. Barakah is not simply more — it is the quality of what you have that allows it to go further, to nourish more, to last longer. A small income with barakah feeds a family and leaves surplus. A large income without barakah evaporates without trace.

The Prophet ﷺ didn’t just ask for wealth and children. He asked for barakah in whatever Allah gives. This final clause reframes the entire dua: we are not asking for a specific number. We are asking for Allah’s hand to be upon everything we receive.

How to Use This Dua for Yourself

The original narration is in third person because the Prophet ﷺ was making dua for Anas رضي الله عنه. When you make this dua for yourself, adjust to first person:

اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالِي وَوَلَدِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي

Allāhumma akthir mālī wa waladī, wa bārik lī fīmā a’ṭaytanī

“O Allah, increase my wealth and my offspring, and bless me in whatever You have given me.”

When making dua for someone else (a child, a spouse, a parent), use the original third-person form:

Allāhumma akthir mālahu wa waladahu, wa bārik lahu fīmā a’ṭaytahu (for a male) Allāhumma akthir mālahā wa waladahā, wa bārik lahā fīmā a’ṭaytahā (for a female)

The Context: Who Was Umm Sulaym?

To fully appreciate this hadith, we must know who asked for it.

Umm Sulaym رضي الله عنها was the mother of Anas ibn Malik. Her story is one of the most powerful in the Seerah. When her first husband refused to accept Islam, she said she would not stay with a man who associated partners with Allah, and she separated from him — one of the earliest women to do so for the sake of her faith.

When she remarried, her mahr (dowry) to Abu Talha رضي الله عنه was his Islam itself. She said: “A man like you is not to be turned away, but you are a disbeliever and I am a Muslim. It is not permissible for me to marry you, but if you accept Islam, that will be my dowry.” He accepted Islam, and that was her mahr.

She was also the woman whose infant son died while her husband was away, and she kept the death from him until morning, bathed and prepared herself, and when he asked, she said: “The child has found rest.” When he realised what had happened, he wept — and she responded with the most extraordinary display of tawakkul: “O Abu Talha, were we not given something on loan and it has been taken back? So be patient and seek reward.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah has blessed them in their night.” And from that night, Abdullah ibn Abi Talha was born — a son whose progeny became great scholars.

This is the woman who made dua for Anas. No wonder it was answered.

The story of Umm Sulaym teaches us something about how to make dua for our children: with complete tawakkul, complete surrender, and the understanding that Allah’s decree is always better than our wishes.

What Is Rizq? Understanding Provision in Islam

Before a Muslim makes dua for wealth, it helps to understand what rizq actually is in Islamic theology — because it is broader and more beautiful than the word “wealth” captures.

Rizq — from the Arabic root r-z-q — refers to everything by which a living being benefits. The scholars of aqeedah enumerate that rizq includes:

• halal earnings and material wealth
• Health and physical well-being
• Time — a form of rizq almost never thought of
• Knowledge and beneficial learning
• Righteous children and a loving family
• A peaceful heart and contentment (qana’ah)
• Safety and security

Allah ﷻ is Al-Razzaq — the One who provides rizq in all its forms. He says in Surah Adh-Dhariyat:

وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

“And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.” — Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:22)

Al-Mawardi and Ibn al-Qayyim both make the point that our rizq is written and decreed — but the channels through which it reaches us are affected by our choices, our worship, and our dua.

Other Authentic Duas for Wealth, Rizq, and Barakah

The dua of Anas is one of several Prophetic supplications for provision. Here are the most rigorously authenticated:

Dua 1: For Halal, Blessed Provision

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

Allāhumma ikfinī biḥalālika ‘an ḥarāmika, wa aghninī bifaḍlika ‘amman siwāk

“O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful, keeping me away from what You have made unlawful, and enrich me by Your bounty, making me free of need of anyone other than You.”

— Tirmidhi — Hasan

This dua has a remarkable structure: it asks for two things simultaneously — to be protected from haram means of earning, and to be enriched through Allah’s fadl (bounty) alone, not through reliance on other people. For anyone struggling financially or feeling dependent on others, this supplication directly addresses that pain.

Dua 2: Knowledge, Good Provision, and Accepted Deeds — The Fajr Dua

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا

Allāhumma innī as’aluka ‘ilman nāfi’an, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalan

“O Allah, I ask You for knowledge that is beneficial, provision that is good and pure, and deeds that are accepted.”

— Ibn Majah — Sahih by al-Albani

The Prophet ﷺ used to say this after Fajr. Notice the ordering: knowledge before provision. The scholars explain this is intentional — because beneficial knowledge (knowing how to earn halally, how to manage wealth, how to live with contentment) is itself the foundation of barakah in rizq. Rizq without knowledge of how to use it is a fitna, not a blessing.

Dua 3: The Dua of Musa ﷺ — For When You Are in Genuine Need

رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

Rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr

“My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in [dire] need.”

— Surah Al-Qasas (28:24)

Musa ﷺ said this after arriving in Madyan utterly destitute — after fleeing Egypt, after having nothing. He sat under a tree, hungry and exhausted, and made this dua. Within the same passage, a job, a home, a wife, and safety were sent to him.

Ibn al-Qayyim in Madarij as-Salikin says of this dua: “It is one of the most comprehensive and beautiful supplications — the servant is acknowledging his own poverty and Allah’s richness in a single sentence, and in doing so, is connecting to the name Al-Ghani (The Self-Sufficient) in the most direct way.”

Recite this when you have nothing left and need to begin again.

Dua 4: Rabbana Atina — The Complete Dua of the World and Hereafter

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanah, wa qinā ‘adhāban-nār

“Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.”

— Surah Al-baqarah (2:201)

The scholars of tafsir enumerate what ḥasanah fid-dunyā (good in this world) includes: health, a righteous spouse, good children, knowledge, halal wealth, honour, and contentment. The Prophet ﷺ used to make this dua frequently, and it is narrated in Bukhari that Anas رضي الله عنه — the same companion of our main dua — reported it as among the most-recited supplications of the Prophet ﷺ.

The Actions That Open the Doors of Rizq

Dua is the weapon of the believer — but in Islam, dua and action (asbab) are never separated. The Prophet ﷺ said: “If you were to rely upon Allah with the reliance He is due, He would provide for you just as He provides for the birds: they go out hungry in the morning and return full in the evening.” — Tirmidhi, Hasan

Notice: the birds go out. They do not sit in the nest. Tawakkul is not passivity — it is trusting Allah while taking the means.

The Quran and Sunnah point to several specific actions that are connected to the opening of rizq:

1. Istighfar (Seeking Forgiveness) Allah told Nuh ﷺ to tell his people: “Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers and give you increase in wealth and children.” — Surah Nuh (71:10-12). Ibn al-Qayyim, drawing on this verse and the hadith literature, makes istighfar one of the primary acts for opening provision.

2. taqwa (Consciousness of Allah) “And whoever fears Allah — He will make for him a way out, and will provide for him from where he does not expect.” — Surah At-Talaq (65:2-3). This ayah was so beloved to the Sahabah that they called it the verse of the believer in hardship.

3. Shukr (gratitude) “If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favour].” — Surah Ibrahim (14:7). Gratitude is not merely saying Alhamdulillah — it is the use of Allah’s blessings in the way He intended, which then invites more.

4. Sadaqah (Charity) The Prophet ﷺ said: “Give sadaqah without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity.” — Tirmidhi. And: “Wealth is not diminished by charity.” — Muslim. This is among the most counterintuitive truths in Islam — giving away opens the door to receiving more.

5. Silat al-Rahim (Maintaining Family Ties) “Whoever wishes that his rizq be expanded and his lifespan extended, let him maintain his family ties.” — Bukhari & Muslim. The Prophet ﷺ directly connected the severing of family ties with the narrowing of provision — and the maintaining of them with its increase.

6. Praying Duha The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah says: O son of Adam, do not be lazy in performing four units of prayer in the early part of the day; I will suffice you in what comes later.” — Ahmad, Hakim — Sahih. The Duha prayer is one of the most practically overlooked ways of inviting barakah in one’s day.

The Concept of Barakah: What Competitors Miss

Almost every article on duas for wealth lists supplications and moves on. What is rarely discussed is the difference between more and blessed — and this difference is the entire point of the third clause in the dua of Anas.

Barakah (بَرَكَة) in Arabic comes from the image of water settling in a place — baraka al-ba’eer means a camel settling its chest on the ground, stable and grounded. Barakah in wealth means it settles, it nourishes, it doesn’t evaporate. A little money with barakah serves a family for years. A lot of money without barakah vanishes without trace and leaves no memory.

The conditions for barakah in wealth that scholars derive from the texts:

• Halal earning — the Prophet ﷺ mentioned the man who travels, exhausted, calling upon Allah, while his food, drink, and clothing are all haram, and said: “How then will he be answered?” — Muslim. Haram in one’s earnings removes barakah at the root.
• Beginning in the name of Allah — Bismillah before any transaction, any meal, any beginning of work, invites barakah.
• Waking early — “O Allah, bless my nation in their early mornings.” — Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi — Sahih. The Prophet ﷺ specifically asked for barakah in the early hours.
• Honesty in trade — “The merchant who is honest and trustworthy will be (resurrected) with the Prophets, the truthful, and the martyrs.” — Tirmidhi

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I make this dua for my children? Yes — and the original hadith itself is a mother making dua on behalf of her child. This is Sunnah. Recite: Allāhumma akthir mālahu wa waladahu, wa bārik lahu fīmā a’ṭaytahu for a son; Allāhumma akthir mālahā wa waladahā, wa bārik lahā fīmā a’ṭaytahā for a daughter.

When is the best time to recite this dua? Any time with presence of heart. Particularly: after obligatory salah, during the last third of the night, on Fridays between Asr and Maghrib, and during sujood — the positions in salah where the servant is closest to Allah.

Is it permissible to ask for wealth in Islam? Not only permissible — the Prophet ﷺ himself asked for it on behalf of his companion, and made du’a himself for tayyib (good, pure) provision in the Fajr supplication. The key is that wealth is sought with the intention to use it in halal ways, and the heart is not attached to it as an end in itself.

What if my dua for rizq seems unanswered? Recall the hadith: every sincere dua is answered — either immediately, stored as reward for the akhirah, or as a harm averted. There is no dua lost. And recall the story of Musa ﷺ: sometimes provision comes from a direction you could not have anticipated, after a dua so brief it was only one sentence.

A Note on Wealth and the Akhirah

The Prophet ﷺ asked for barakah in whatever Allah gives — not a specific amount. This is deeply significant. The dua does not set a number. It does not demand abundance at all costs. It says: whatever You give — whether it appears large or small to the world — let it be blessed.

This is the Islamic relationship with wealth: qana’ah (contentment with what Allah has decreed) combined with the active seeking of barakah and increase through halal means and sincere dua. Not greed. Not passivity. But the disciplined trust of a believer who knows that the best wealth is that upon which Allah has placed His blessing — and who asks for exactly that, every day.

May Allah ﷻ bless your wealth and your offspring, and place barakah in everything He has given you.

Ameen.

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Alimah Fahmina Jawed is the founder of IslamHashtag.com, a graduate of two prestigious Islamic institutions, and holds an MA in Arabic. She has studied Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, and Seerah under qualified scholars. IslamHashtag has been serving the Ummah for over 11 years from mecca.