What is the ruling on the prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah) and how is it performed? What is the ruling on the prayer of gratitude and what are the supplications recited in it?
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The questioner : You are asking about the prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah)? And about how it is performed? And also about the prayer of gratitude? And what are the supplications that are recited in it?
The Shaykh : The prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah) is prescribed when a person intends to do something and hesitates about it, not knowing whether the good lies in doing it or leaving it. In that case, he seeks guidance from Allah, meaning he asks Allah for what is good. The description of the prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah) is that a person prays two rak'ahs, then says after the taslim:Sahih al-Bukhari 6382 and he names it Sahih al-Bukhari 1166 and he names it Sahih al-Bukhari 6382 This is the description of the prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah) and its supplication. If the matter becomes clear to him afterwards, that is what is required. If it does not become clear, he repeats the seeking of guidance (istikharah) again, and so on until the matter becomes clear to him. If it does not become clear, let him consult people of experience, righteousness, and trustworthiness so that they may help him determine the matter that is good in their view. If it does not become clear even after consultation, he should pause and take the path of safety.
As for the prayer of gratitude, it is a single prostration. A person prostrates to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in gratitude for the blessings that have been renewed for him or the removal of calamities. He recites in it "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), then he praises Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and thanks Him for the blessing that has befallen him, saying: "O Allah, to You is all praise. I cannot count Your praise for what You have bestowed upon me of such and such, and he names it, or for what You have averted of such and such, and he names it. So I ask You to increase me from Your bounty and to grant me the ability to be grateful for Your blessing, or words to that effect, because I do not know that a specific mention has been reported for the prostration of gratitude."
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a listener to the program who wrote the truth in his own style. Your brother from Dammam, symbolizing his name with K M D, a Sudanese, says that he.
The Shaykh : The prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah) is prescribed when a person intends to do something and hesitates about it, not knowing whether the good lies in doing it or leaving it. In that case, he seeks guidance from Allah, meaning he asks Allah for what is good. The description of the prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah) is that a person prays two rak'ahs, then says after the taslim:
Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi'ilmika, wa astaqdiruka biqudratika, wa as'aluka min fadlika-l-'azim, fa innaka taqdiru wala aqdiru, wa ta'lamu wala a'lamu, wa anta'allamu-l-ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta'lamu anna hadha-lamra
اللهم إني أستخيرك بعلمك، وأستقدرك بقدرتك، وأسألك من فضلك العظيم، فإنك تقدر ولا أقدر، وتعلم ولا أعلم وأنت علام الغيوب، اللهم إن كنت تعلم أن هذا الأمرKhairun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa'aqibati `Amri (or 'ajili `Amri wa'ajilihi) Faqdirhu wa yas-sirhu li thumma barik li Fihi, Wa in kunta ta'lamu anna hadha-lamra
خير لي في ديني ودنياي وعاجل أمري وءاجله فاقدره لي ويسره لي، وإن كنت تعلم أن هذا الأمرsharrun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa 'aqibati `Amri (or said, fi ajili `Amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu 'anni was-rifni 'anhu wa aqdur li alkhaira haithu kana, thumma Raddani bihi
شر لي في ديني ودنياي وعاجل أمري وءاجله فاصرفه عني واصرفني عنه، واقدر لي الخير حيث كان، ثم رضّني بهAs for the prayer of gratitude, it is a single prostration. A person prostrates to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in gratitude for the blessings that have been renewed for him or the removal of calamities. He recites in it "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), then he praises Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and thanks Him for the blessing that has befallen him, saying: "O Allah, to You is all praise. I cannot count Your praise for what You have bestowed upon me of such and such, and he names it, or for what You have averted of such and such, and he names it. So I ask You to increase me from Your bounty and to grant me the ability to be grateful for Your blessing, or words to that effect, because I do not know that a specific mention has been reported for the prostration of gratitude."
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a listener to the program who wrote the truth in his own style. Your brother from Dammam, symbolizing his name with K M D, a Sudanese, says that he.