The 99 Names · From the Prophetic Sunnah
Al-Baasit الباسط
The Expander, who extends provision and other things to whom He wills, by His wisdom.
Explanation
A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 192 ↗
The author explains this name together with: Al-Qaabid, Al-Mu'ti
Evidence
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ المُسَعِّرُ، القَابِضُ، البَاسِطُ، الرَّازِقُ»
﴿مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يُقۡرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنࣰا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ أَضۡعَافࣰا كَثِيرَةࣰۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَقۡبِضُ وَيَبۡصُۜطُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٢٤٥﴾
Call upon Allah by this name
“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180
Example for practice
اللهم يا باسط يا قابض، ابسط لي في رزقي وعلمي، واقبض عني الشر
O Allah, O Al-Baasit, O Al-Qaabid, expand my provision and my knowledge, and hold back evil from me.
An example for practice, not a transmitted text — following the Quranic way of closing a request with the fitting name (see Ibn al-Qayyim, Bada'i' al-Fawa'id 2/249).