The Prayer of Need
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is there something called the prayer of need?
The Shaykh:
It is reported in some hadiths that if a person needs something or a need arises for him, he prays two rak'ahs and asks Allah for his need. Some scholars call it the prayer of need. Allah knows best.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
It is well known among the scholars of knowledge that the prayer of the people of need is the prayer of istikharah; that is what is known.
Honorable Shaykh, is there something called the prayer of need?
The Shaykh:
It is reported in some hadiths that if a person needs something or a need arises for him, he prays two rak'ahs and asks Allah for his need. Some scholars call it the prayer of need. Allah knows best.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
It is well known among the scholars of knowledge that the prayer of the people of need is the prayer of istikharah; that is what is known.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب النفقات — islamhouse.com (59:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.