Dua Istikhara And What You Need To Know

Dua Istikhara And What You Need To Know Dua for Istikharah is the most important Islamic prayer it is used to find solutions to problems Istikhara prayer can be done at any time but before making an important decisionMaking Dua Istikhara does not guarantee that your problem will be solved or that you will receive what you are asking for but this is a way to show Allah that you are sincerely seeking His helpThere are many myths about the Dua Istikhara prayer one of them being that it can only be done if one has a problem in their life This is not true as people make this dua before they make an important decision in order to know if their decision is the right one or notAllaahumma innee astakheeruka bi ilmika wa astaqdiruka biqudratika wa as aluka min fadhtikal Adheemi fa innaka taqdiru wa laa aqdiru wa ta lamu wa laa a lamu wa Anta AllaamulGhuyoobi Allaahumma in kunta ta lamu anna haathal amrathen mention the thing to be decided Khayrun lee fee deenee wa ma aashee wa aaqibati amree or say Aajilihi wa aajilihi Faqdurhu lee wa yassirhu lee thumma baarik lee feehi  wa in kunta ta lamu anna haathal amra sharrun lee fee deenee wa ma aashee wa aaqibati amree or say Aajilihi wa aajilihi Fasrifhu annee wasrifnee anhu waqdur liyalkhayra haythu kaana thumma ardhinee bihiO Allah I seek the counsel of Your Knowledge and I seek the help of Your Omnipotence and I beseech You for Your Magnificent Grace Surely You are Capable and I am not You know and I know not and You are the Knower of the unseen O Allah if You know that this matter then mention the thing to be decided is good for me in my religion and in my life and for my welfare in the life to come or say in this life and the afterlife then ordain it for me and make it easy for me then bless me in it And if You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion and in my life and for my welfare in the life to come or say in this life and the afterlife then distance it from me and distance me from it and ordain for me what is good wherever it may be and help me to be content with it Your guide to performing Salat Istikhara followed by Istikhara dua to ask Allahs SWT guidance in making decisions for marriage new job travel and other major events in life Perform Salat ut Istikhara to ask Allahs SWT guidance in making decisions Before embarking upon a journey deciding on marriage accepting a new job offer or any other major decision it is preferable to perform this Islamic dua Istikharah which literally means to seek goodness Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alaihi Wa Sallam has mentioned with regards to Istikharah The person who does Istikharah will never suffer loss This dua which can be used as a marriage dua to seek guidanceHow Does A Dua Istikhara Prayer WorkA dua is a prayer of supplication The word dua means supplication or invocation It is an act of turning to Allah with ones heart mind will and soul for relief from anxiety and distressA dua Istikhara prayer is an Islamic practice that Muslims do four times on different occasions It comes from the Arabic sentence Istikharah which means to seek divine guidanceThe first occasion for the dua Istikhara prayer is on the eve before one embarks on a task or journey so as to know if it should be undertaken or not The second occasion is when an individual wants to start something new in their life such as getting married or starting a business ventureWhat Are The Benefits Of A Dua Istikhara PrayerA Dua Istikhara prayer is a timelimited prayer It has to be done in the early morning usually before sunrise or in the evening before Maghrib Dua Istikhara prayers are beneficial for people who are seeking answers to their problems It helps them get rid of doubts and fears that might be preventing them from taking positive steps or making decisions about an issue that they are dealing with How To Perform IstikharahFirst pray Two Rakaah of ritual Prayer nafil such that in the first raka after Surah Fatiha recite Surah alKafirun Chapter 109 and in the second raka after Fatiha Allhamd recite Surah alIkhlas Chapter 112 After finishing prayer recite this Dua in Arabic as above Conditions of the prayer One must take ablution ahead of the Salat alIstikharah in the same manner as one would do when entering into any salah Ibn Hajr said commenting on this hadith Istikharah is a word which means asking Allah to help one make a choice meaning choosing the best of two things where one needs to choose one of them With the salah completed one should immediately say the supplication of Istikhaara Istikhaara is done when a decision is to be made in matters which are neither obligatory nor prohibited So one does not need to seek counsel from Allah for deciding whether he should go for hajj or not Because if he is financially and physically able to do it then hajj is obligatory and he does not have a choice But seeking counsel from Allah Istikhaara can be done in all kind of other permissible matters where a choice needs to be made such as buying something taking a job or choosing a spouse etc It is recorded in hadith that Muhammad used to teach his disciples to seek counsel from Allah Istikhaara for every matter just as he used to teach them the Sürah from the Quran2 In another Hadith Muhammad said He who seeks counsel from Allah Istikhaara will not fail and he who consults and seeks advice from people will not regret
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