The Description of the Prayer of Istikharah and Its Time, and the Form of the Supplication Transmitted in It

Question:
May Allah reward you. Sister Suha Salim, the owner of the first question, says in another question: What is the method of the prayer of istikharah? When is it performed? And what is the specific supplication for it?

Answer:
As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided, when a person intends to do a matter and it is not clear to him which way is correct—whether to proceed with it or not—
then he prays two rak'ahs other than the obligatory prayer, and then says after them, meaning after the taslim: "O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge, and I seek Your power by Your might. You know and I do not know, and You have power and I do not have power, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know that this matter is good for me in my livelihood and the outcome of my affair, then make it easy for me. And if You know that this matter is evil for me in my livelihood and the outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it may be, and then make me content with it."