✦⋆· said,"Do not preoccupy yourself away from the duties incumbent upon you in your bid to secure that which is guaranteed to you, for indeed neither will you miss out on that which has been apportioned for you, nor will you attain that which has been placed beyond your reach."

● "Sustenance cannot be pulled by the greed of an avaricious person nor repelled by the repugnance of a hostile person."

● The Prophet (saw) was once asked how one could bring about an increase in one's sustenance, to which he replied, "Always remain in the state of purity (Tahara) and your sustenance will be plentiful."

● "Increase your charity and you will be provided more."

● "Whoever Allah bestows His bounties upon must praise Allah, and whoever is impatient with regards to his sustenance must seek Allah's forgiveness."

● "Sustenance comes to those who feed others faster than a knife can cut though flesh."

● "Do not worry about tomorrow's sustenance for every morrow brings its own sustenance."

● "Allah, Glorified and most High, says, 'Let my servant be warned that if he is impatient with regard to My sustenance, then I will get angry and open to him a door of this world [and its temptations]."

● "Verily the archangel Gabriel blew into my mind that no soul shall pass away before the depletion of his sustenance in this world, so be wary of your duty to Allah and seek your livelihood through decent means, and let not a delay in your provision cause any of you to seek it through unlawful means, for verily what is with Allah is only acquired through His obedience."

● "Whoever deprives a fellow Muslim brother of his right, Allah forbids him the benediction of sustenance until he repents."

● "O Allah provide moderation and sufficiency to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and to those who love Muhammad and his family, and provide abundance of wealth and progeny to those who harbour hatred for Muhammad and his family."

● "Worship consists of ten parts of which nine are to do with earning a lawful livelihood."

● "That which is little yet sufficient is better than that which is abundant and distracting [as a result]."

● "Cursed! Cursed is the one who brings deprivation to his dependents."

● "The best livelihood is that which suffices."

● "He who works hard to provide his family with a lawful livelihood is as one who fights in the way of Allah (jihad)."

● "Verily Allah, most High, loves to see his servant weary from striving to earn his livelihood [lawfully]."

● "He whose daily bread is earned through his own toil and labour will pass across the Siraat as fast as a flash of lightning."

✦⋆· said, "No one has the power to withhold or bestow sustenance except the All-Sustainer."

● "Go out and seek your livelihood for it is guaranteed to the one who goes in search of it."

● "Acting with integrity increases one's sustenance."

● "He who is sincere in his intention receives an increase in sustenance."

● "Helping out one's brother in faith from one's own wealth, for the sake of Allah, increases sustenance."

● "There are two types of sustenance: the sustenance that you seek out, and the sustenance that seeks you out, which even if you do not pursue it, it pursues you."

● "Know that even if a servant was devoid of shrewdness and was feeble in his schemes, it would not reduce the amount of sustenance that Allah has apportioned for him, and even if a servant were to be skilfully shrewd and crafty, it would not do anything to increase the sustenance that Allah has apportioned for him."

● "He apportions sustenance, abundantly and sparingly, and He distributes them to those in need as well as to those who prosper, and He is Just in His allotment in order that he may test whomever He wishes with prosperity or with hardship, and that He may test therewith the gratefulness and perseverance expressed by both rich and poor."

● "Every living thing has been given its own provision."

● "This is a crow and this is an eagle, this one a dove and this one an ostrich - He has given each bird an individual name and has guaranteed each one its sustenance."

● "His creatures are His dependants, for whom He has guaranteed the means of subsistence, and apportioned provisions."

✦⋆· said,"You must pray fervently for your brothers [in faith] in secret, and sustenance will pour down on you."

● "Paying the alms-tax (zakat) leads to an increase in one's sustenance."

● "Verily when the servant commits a sin, his sustenance eludes him."

✦⋆· said, "Since sustenance is duly allotted, what is the use of greed?!"

● "He who worries about his sustenance is recorded as having sinned."

● "Your quest to secure your means of subsistence should be such that it is neither like the earning of a wasteful squanderer, nor like the greedy man who loves and depends on this world. Rather, you must raise yourself from the level of weakness and incapacity, and bring yourself down [from the level of greed] to the level of an equitable and virtuous man, and seek your earning the way a believer should."

● "Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has placed the believers' livelihoods whence they do not anticipate it to come, and that is because when the servant does not know the location of his livelihood, his supplication for it increases."

● "Whoever is especially kind to his family is increased in sustenance."

● "Verily kindness leads to an increase in sustenance."

● "Being good-natured increases one's sustenance."

● "Obtaining wealth through illegal means cuts off one's sustenance."

✦⋆· said, "Do not let [preoccupation with] a sustenance that is guaranteed avert you from an act that is incumbent."