The Prayer of Istikharah and the Prayer of Need
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Answer:
The prayer of istikharah has a specific occasion: when a person is about to do something and it is unclear to him, he prays the prayer of istikharah and seeks Allah’s choice. As for the prayer of need, I do not know of anything specific regarding it, except that if a person commits a sin and wants to repent, this is also a recommended practice (sunnah). If he commits a sin, then prays two rak'ahs, repents to his Lord, and seeks His forgiveness (Glorified and Exalted is He), it is likely that Allah will accept his repentance. We do not know of any other prayer in this regard. Yes.
The prayer of istikharah has a specific occasion: when a person is about to do something and it is unclear to him, he prays the prayer of istikharah and seeks Allah’s choice. As for the prayer of need, I do not know of anything specific regarding it, except that if a person commits a sin and wants to repent, this is also a recommended practice (sunnah). If he commits a sin, then prays two rak'ahs, repents to his Lord, and seeks His forgiveness (Glorified and Exalted is He), it is likely that Allah will accept his repentance. We do not know of any other prayer in this regard. Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 66 — archive.org (46:35)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.