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Narrated
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radi Allah Anhu): The Allah's Apostle
sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam ) used to teach us the way of doing
Istikhara (Istikhara means to ask All ah to guide one to the right sort
of action concerning any job or a deed), in all matters as he taught us
the Suras of the Quran. He said, "If anyone of you thinks of doing any
job he should offer a two Rakat prayer other than the compulsory ones
and say (after the prayer):
'Allahumma
inni astakhiruka bi'ilmika, Wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, Wa as'alaka
min fadlika al-'azlm Fa-innaka taqdiru Wala aqdiru, Wa ta'lamu Wala
a'lamu, Wa anta 'allamu l-ghuyub. Allahumma, in kunta ta'lam anna
hadha-l-amra Khairun 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 shar-run li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa'aqibati
amri (or fi'ajili amri wa ajilihi) Fasrifhu anni was-rifni anhu. Waqdir
li al-khaira haithu kana Thumma ardini bihi.'
(O
Allah! I ask guidance from Your knowledge, And Power from Your Might
and I ask for Your great blessings. You are capable and I am not. You
know and I do not and You know the unseen. O Allah! If You know that
this job is good for my religion and my subsistence and in my
Hereafter--( or said: If it is better for my present and later
needs)--Then You ordain it for me and make it easy for me to get, And
then bless me in it, and if You know that this job is harmful to me In
my religion and subsistence and in the Hereafter--( or said: If it is
worse for my present and later needs)--Then keep it away from me and let
me be away from it. And ordain for me whatever is good for me, And make
me satisfied with it).
[Sahih Bukhari : Volume 2, Book 21, Number 263]
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