Salah (prayer) for one’s Needs

Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 95
Al-Kāfi

Volume 3, Book 4, Chapter 95

Salah (prayer) for one’s Needs

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَحْزُنُهُ الأمْرُ أَوْ يُرِيدُ الْحَاجَةَ قَالَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَقْرَأُ فِي إِحْدَاهُمَا قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ وَفِي الأخْرَى مَرَّةً ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ حَاجَتَهُ.
2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from certain individuals of our people in a marfu’ manner who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that if a man is sad and depressed about something or because of an unfulfilled wish, he should perform two Rak‘at Salah (prayer). In one he should recite Chapter 112 of the Holy Quran one thousand times and in the second Rak‘at once, then ask for his wish.”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/461)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī