أَخْبَرَنَا
عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى ، عَنْ
عُثْمَانَ الشَّحَّامِ ، عَنْ
مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ أَبِي يَقُولُ فِي دُبُرِ الصَّلَاةِ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ , وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ , فَكُنْتُ أَقُولُهُنَّ , فَقَالَ
أَبِي : أَيْ بُنَيَّ , عَمَّنْ أَخَذْتَ هَذَا , قُلْتُ : عَنْكَ , قَالَ : " إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُهُنَّ فِي دُبُرِ الصَّلَاةِ " .
´It was narrated that Muslim bin Abi Bakrah said:` "My father used to say following every prayer: 'Allahumma inni a-udhu bika min al-kufri wal-faqri wa 'adhab al-qabr. ( O Allah, I seek refuge with You from Kufr, poverty, and the torment of the grave)' and I used to say them (these words). My father said: 'O my son, from whom did you learn this?' I said: 'From you. He said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say them following the prayer.'"
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1348. Commentary: In this narration, poverty (faqr) is mentioned alongside disbelief (kufr). There is a well-known narration: «كاد الفقرُ أنْ يكونَ كفرًا» [كشف الخفاء : 108/2 ، حدیث : 1919] "Poverty is close to being disbelief." This narration is weak, but one should certainly supplicate for protection from poverty. The virtue lies in that poverty in which the heart is content (ghani). Nevertheless, it is not correct to supplicate for poverty. If one finds oneself in a state of poverty, then one should ask Allah for the reward of that poverty and supplicate for richness (ghina). It is not permissible to ask for calamity. However, if poverty comes from Allah, and then a person keeps his heart content and refrains from complaint and grievance, he will be deserving of great reward, just like the poor among the Muhajirun.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1348