Areeza (Application) for Rizk (Sustenance)

 Areeza (Application) for Rizk (Sustenance)

Below is a letter to the Imam-e-Zamana^-ajfj (Imam) of our time, requesting our needs, which can be written on any day of the year and posted in a stream of water after sunrise.

مَا رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع‏ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ أَوْ ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِ مَعِيشَتُهُ أَوْ كَانَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ مُهِمَّةٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَاهُ وَ آخِرَتِهِ فَلْيَكْتُبْ فِي رُقْعَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ وَ يَطْرَحُهَا فِي الْمَاءِ الْجَارِي عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ تَكُونُ الْأَسْمَاءُ فِي سَطْرٍ وَاحِدٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ الْمَلِكِ الْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ الذَّلِيلِ إِلَى الْمَوْلَى الْجَلِيلِ سَلَامٌ‏ عَلَى‏ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍ‏ وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنِ‏ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ مُوسَى وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْقَائِمِ سَيِّدِنَا وَ مَوْلَانَا صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ رَبِّ مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَ الْخَوْفُ فَاكْشِفْ ضُرِّي وَ آمِنْ خَوْفِي بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ وَ وَصِيٍّ وَ صِدِّيقٍ وَ شَهِيدٍ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ اشْفَعُوا لِي يَا سَادَتِي بِالشَّأْنِ الَّذِي لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَشَأْناً مِنَ الشَّأْنِ فَقَدْ مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ يَا سَادَاتِي وَ اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ فَافْعَلْ بِي يَا رَبِّ كَذَا وَ كَذَا

It is narrated from Imam Abu-Abdullah^-asws: If one finds his livelihood is heavily curtailed, or is surrounded in severe hardship or is facing unsolvable difficulties or has special wishes for the hereafter, one should write on a white piece of paper (the supplication below) ensuring all the names (of Masomeen^-asws) are written in one line followed by one’s prayers. Place it, at sunrise, in a flowing stream of water (canal/river). [1]:

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful, the Lord of the universe and the Truthful(s).  I am Your^-azwj submissive slave and You^-azwj are my Grand Lord. I send (through You^-azwj) ‘Salam’ (peace) to:

مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍ‏ وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنِ‏ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ مُوسَى وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْقَائِمِ

Mohamed, Ali, and Fatma, Al-Hassan, Al-Hussain and Ali and Mohamed, Jafar, and Musa and Ali, Mohamed and Ali and Al Hassan and Al-Qaem,

Who are our chiefs and masters, who are all Allah^-azwj ‘s praise worthy and chosen ones.  My Lord^-azwj , please relieve me from fear, and help me from loss and damages, from what I see and from what I do not perceive.  For the sake of Mohammed^-saww and Alay Mohammed^-asws‘s Rights, for the sake of each Prophet^-as, Their successors’ behalf including the Truthfuls and the Shaheeds. I pray to You^-azwj with reference to Mohamed^-azwj and the Muhammad’s Family^-asws, O! The Most Merciful, I ask for Your^-azwj intercession, The Most Elevated and the most Praised Lord, I have been disgraced by some affairs, difficulties have affected me, O my Lord, my Allah, the Most Merciful, Please award me O Allah^-azwj such and such.

[1] Al-Baladul Ameen, pp. no. 157, Misbah alKafami, pp.

Areeza which Shias mostly used has no reference to Masomeen ^asws  and may be found on page 402. Al-Baladul Ameen.