Hadith.1549 - In the book of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash'ari, narrated by Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, raised to Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) regarding a man troubled by a matter and in need of something,
Imam (as) said
"He should pray two rak'ahs and recite in one of them 'Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad' (Surah Al-Ikhlas) a thousand times, and in the other rak'ah he should recite it once, then ask for his need."