Hadith record

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ibn Faddal from Yunus Fadl ibn Shadhan abu Basir who has said the following: “Once I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘Sustenance has been delayed.’ He became angry and then told me to say, ‘O Lord, You have undertaken to provide me sustenance and the sustenance of every walking being, O the best to beg from, O the best provider, O the best to plead to, O the best hope, do for me so and so’ . . . mention your wish in place of ellipsis.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.