The Prayer of Istikharah and Its Supplication
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Question:
The questioner asks about the matters for which the prayer of istikharah is performed, and what one should recite, O Shaykh, before or after the prayer?
Answer:
The Shaykh: Important matters, when a person intends to do one of them and does not know whether it is good for him or not, or whether there is no good in it for him, he should pray the prayer of istikhara (the prayer for guidance in a decision). Then, after he concludes the prayer with the taslim, he makes the supplication of istikhara that has been transmitted. He says: and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if there is good in this matter—and he names it—if there is good in this matter for me in my religion, my worldly life, and the outcome of my affair, then make it easy for me and make me easy for it. And if there is evil in it for me Sahih al-Bukhari 6382, Yes.
The questioner asks about the matters for which the prayer of istikharah is performed, and what one should recite, O Shaykh, before or after the prayer?
Answer:
The Shaykh: Important matters, when a person intends to do one of them and does not know whether it is good for him or not, or whether there is no good in it for him, he should pray the prayer of istikhara (the prayer for guidance in a decision). Then, after he concludes the prayer with the taslim, he makes the supplication of istikhara that has been transmitted. He says:
O Allah, You know and I do not know, and You have power and I do not have power.
اللهم إنك تعلم ولا أعلم وتقدر ولا أقدر.fi ajili `Amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu 'anni was-rifni 'anhu wa aqdur li alkhaira haithu kana
في عاجل أمري وآجله فاصرفه عني واصرفني عنه، واقدر لي الخير حيث كانThen make me content with it.
ثم رضني به.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (41:11)
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