The Ruling on Seeking Guidance (Istikhara) in Performing Acts of Obedience
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Question:
The questioner says: If a person intends to perform an act of obedience, does he seek guidance? For example, if a person wants to travel for 'Umrah, or to maintain ties with a relative, or to advise one of those who are falling short, and so on?
Answer:
Performing acts of obedience does not require seeking guidance, because it is known that they are good. So you do not seek guidance to pray the Duha prayer, or to fast on Thursday or Monday, or three days of every month, or the white days, or the ten days of Dhul Hijjah. You do not seek guidance in acts of obedience; rather, you resolve and hasten. As for matters that are not acts of obedience, the doubtful matters, such as transactions, such as marriage, such as partnerships where you do not know whether they are good or not good? These are the ones in which seeking guidance is prescribed. Yes.
The questioner says: If a person intends to perform an act of obedience, does he seek guidance? For example, if a person wants to travel for 'Umrah, or to maintain ties with a relative, or to advise one of those who are falling short, and so on?
Answer:
Performing acts of obedience does not require seeking guidance, because it is known that they are good. So you do not seek guidance to pray the Duha prayer, or to fast on Thursday or Monday, or three days of every month, or the white days, or the ten days of Dhul Hijjah. You do not seek guidance in acts of obedience; rather, you resolve and hasten. As for matters that are not acts of obedience, the doubtful matters, such as transactions, such as marriage, such as partnerships where you do not know whether they are good or not good? These are the ones in which seeking guidance is prescribed. Yes.
Source
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