Does the one seeking guidance see in his dream what is best for him?
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Question:
In her second question, she asks about the prayer for guidance (istikharah), saying: I have heard that if a person prays the prayer for guidance for a specific purpose, he will see in his dream if it is good for him. Is what was said correct?
Answer:
I do not know of any validity for this regarding the dream, but the prayer for guidance is a recommended practice (sunnah). When a person intends to do something and is confused about its matter or its outcome, he seeks guidance from his Lord. He prays two units of prayer (rak'ahs), then supplicates to his Lord after the prayer, raises his hands, and supplicates to his Lord, seeking guidance with what came in the supplication for guidance, which is: He names it specifically as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded, such as marriage, such as travel, such as a transaction with a person whose dealings he doubts, or similar matters in which some hesitation occurs.
So he says in his supplication:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22:277 meaning: my marriage to so-and-so, the woman says, or the man says: my marriage to so-and-so, or my travel to such-and-such, or my transaction with so-and-so and he names him by his name Sahih Ibn Hibban 7:282 This is a prescribed supplication.
Then after that, he consults those he sees among the people of goodness from his relatives and friends, consulting them. If his chest opens up to one of the two matters, he proceeds. If the hesitation continues with him, he repeats the prayer for guidance a second time, and a third time, and so on until his heart is at ease and his chest opens up to one of the two matters, whether to do it or to leave it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
In her second question, she asks about the prayer for guidance (istikharah), saying: I have heard that if a person prays the prayer for guidance for a specific purpose, he will see in his dream if it is good for him. Is what was said correct?
Answer:
I do not know of any validity for this regarding the dream, but the prayer for guidance is a recommended practice (sunnah). When a person intends to do something and is confused about its matter or its outcome, he seeks guidance from his Lord. He prays two units of prayer (rak'ahs), then supplicates to his Lord after the prayer, raises his hands, and supplicates to his Lord, seeking guidance with what came in the supplication for guidance, which is:
O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, and I seek Your power by Your might, and I ask You of Your great bounty. For You know and I do not know, and You have power and I do not have power, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if this matter
اللهم إني أستخيرك بعلمك، وأستقدرك بقدرتك، وأسألك من فضلك العظيم، فإنك تعلم ولا أعلم، وتقدر ولا أقدر، وأنت علام الغيوب، اللهم إن كان هذا الأمرSo he says in his supplication:
O Allah, if this matter
اللهم إن كان هذا الأمرis good for me in my religion, my worldly life, and the outcome of my affair, then make it easy for me, and then bless me in it. And if that
خيرًا لي في ديني، ودنياي، وعاقبة أمري؛ فيسره لي، ثم بارك لي فيه، وإن كان ذلكis bad for me in my religion, my worldly life, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me, and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it may be, and then make me content with it.
شرًا لي في ديني، ودنياي، ومعاشي، وعاقبة أمري؛ فاصرفه عني، واصرفني عنه، وقدر لي الخير حيث كان، ثم أرضني بهThen after that, he consults those he sees among the people of goodness from his relatives and friends, consulting them. If his chest opens up to one of the two matters, he proceeds. If the hesitation continues with him, he repeats the prayer for guidance a second time, and a third time, and so on until his heart is at ease and his chest opens up to one of the two matters, whether to do it or to leave it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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