Hadith

Beneficial Knowledge, Good Provision, and Accepted Deeds

Rizq and Provision · Hope and Relief · Knowledge · Accepted Deeds · Job and Work · Exams and Study

Sunan Ibn Majah 925

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا

Transliteration

Allahumma inni as’aluka ‘ilman nafi‘an wa rizqan tayyiban wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalan

Translation

O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds.

Meaning and benefit

It guides a believer toward quality over quantity, steering them away from useless information, dubious income, and outward deeds lacking sincerity.

Background

Umm Salamah narrates that after Fajr the Prophet ﷺ would say a dua asking for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds. The supplication shows how the Prophet ﷺ began the day by asking not just for “knowledge” or “rizq” in general but for knowledge that benefits, provision that is wholesome, and actions that Allah accepts.

When to recite

Recite after fajr · Or when asking allah for beneficial knowledge · Good provision · And accepted deeds.

Source note

Classification: Sahih

Reported in Sunan Ibn Mājah (925) and other collections; graded sahih by many scholars. The full wording brings together three important requests: beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds.