Reward for Dhikr and Qur’an Recitation Done for a Worldly Need

Question

The merits of certain awrad are established by hadiths — for instance, [the merit] of the Holy Qur’an in general and, in particular, of some of its surahs and verses, as well as the phrases “Subhan Allah” (سبحان الله), “Al-hamdu lillah” (الحمد لله), “La hawla wa la quwwata illa bi-Llah” (لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله), and so on, “La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu” (لا إله إلا الله وحده) and the like — phrases whose merits are established by an explicit text (nass).

Answer

If one recites [verses, surahs and adhkar] for those special properties and benefits established about them by an explicit text, the reward for this will not be diminished, because the One who indicated the reward is the very One who indicated the special properties and benefits, and taught that they be recited precisely for these properties and benefits; and the reward was…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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