The Prayer of Istikharah and Repeating It
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person wants to seek guidance through the prayer of istikharah regarding a matter, does he pray one prayer or does he repeat it?
The Shaykh:
What has been transmitted is that one prays two rak'ahs and then makes the du'a of istikharah after them. This is what has been transmitted. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: If nothing becomes clear to him after he performs it, does he repeat it again?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in repeating the prayer and the du'a. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person wants to seek guidance through the prayer of istikharah regarding a matter, does he pray one prayer or does he repeat it?
The Shaykh:
What has been transmitted is that one prays two rak'ahs and then makes the du'a of istikharah after them. This is what has been transmitted. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: If nothing becomes clear to him after he performs it, does he repeat it again?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in repeating the prayer and the du'a. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب الحيض والاستحاضة — islamhouse.com (1:09:25)
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