Finally, Shaykh Salih asks about the prayer of need: what is its ruling and what is its form? May Allah reward you with good.
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Question:
Finally, Shaykh Fahd asks about the prayer of need: what is its ruling and what is its form? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
I do not know of a prayer of need; I do not know of a prayer called the prayer of need. However, the known prayer is the prayer for guidance in a decision (istikharah). When a person intends to do something but has not yet committed to it and is hesitating whether to proceed or leave it, he prays two rak'ahs that are not part of the obligatory prayer. When he concludes the prayer with the taslim, he says: "O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over all creation, You are able and I am not, and You know and I do not know. O Allah, if this matter is good for me in my religion, my worldly affairs, and the outcome of my affairs, then decree it for me. And if this matter is evil for me in my religion, my worldly affairs, and the outcome of my affairs, then turn it away from me and decree for me what is good wherever it may be, and make me content with it."
This is the prayer for guidance in a decision (istikharah). As for the prayer of need, I do not know of any prescription or evidence for it.
Finally, Shaykh Fahd asks about the prayer of need: what is its ruling and what is its form? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
I do not know of a prayer of need; I do not know of a prayer called the prayer of need. However, the known prayer is the prayer for guidance in a decision (istikharah). When a person intends to do something but has not yet committed to it and is hesitating whether to proceed or leave it, he prays two rak'ahs that are not part of the obligatory prayer. When he concludes the prayer with the taslim, he says: "O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over all creation, You are able and I am not, and You know and I do not know. O Allah, if this matter is good for me in my religion, my worldly affairs, and the outcome of my affairs, then decree it for me. And if this matter is evil for me in my religion, my worldly affairs, and the outcome of my affairs, then turn it away from me and decree for me what is good wherever it may be, and make me content with it."
This is the prayer for guidance in a decision (istikharah). As for the prayer of need, I do not know of any prescription or evidence for it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، يسأل أخيراً شيخ صالح عن صلاة الحاجة حكمها وكيف هي صفتها جزاكم الله خيرا؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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