The ruling on performing the prayer of istikharah on behalf of another
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Question:
Our sister asks: Is it permissible for me to perform the prayer of istikharah for someone else, and to change the wording of the supplication so that it follows this pattern: (O Allah, if You know that this matter is good for her or for him in his religion or his worldly life), and so on?
Answer:
I do not know of any evidence for this. The Sunnah came regarding the one who intends a matter, in the hadith:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22:278 So the Sunnah is for the one who intends the matter and finds it difficult; he seeks guidance himself.
As for so-and-so seeking guidance for so-and-so, I do not know a basis for it. I do not know a basis for this. However, the man, or the woman, each of them seeks guidance for himself, supplicating with the supplication that is understood, that is known. If he does not know the supplication reported in the hadith, he asks his Lord, saying: O Allah, make the most beneficial thing easy for me, O Allah, expand my chest for the most beneficial thing, the one most beloved to You, that which is in my benefit, that which is in my well-being. He supplicates with supplications that are appropriate, and praise be to Allah.
The presenter : May Allah bless you.
Our sister asks: Is it permissible for me to perform the prayer of istikharah for someone else, and to change the wording of the supplication so that it follows this pattern: (O Allah, if You know that this matter is good for her or for him in his religion or his worldly life), and so on?
Answer:
I do not know of any evidence for this. The Sunnah came regarding the one who intends a matter, in the hadith:
When one of you intends a matter, let him pray two rak'ahs, then let him say: O Allah
إذا هم أحدكم بأمر؛ فليصل ركعتين، ثم ليقل: اللهمAs for so-and-so seeking guidance for so-and-so, I do not know a basis for it. I do not know a basis for this. However, the man, or the woman, each of them seeks guidance for himself, supplicating with the supplication that is understood, that is known. If he does not know the supplication reported in the hadith, he asks his Lord, saying: O Allah, make the most beneficial thing easy for me, O Allah, expand my chest for the most beneficial thing, the one most beloved to You, that which is in my benefit, that which is in my well-being. He supplicates with supplications that are appropriate, and praise be to Allah.
The presenter : May Allah bless you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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