According to a traditional report transmitted on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, it was Jabir ibn 'Abdi'llah (may Allah be well pleased with him and with his father) who said:
"Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to teach us how to seek guidance in choosing the best option available in a practical enterprise [al-istikhara fi '1-amr], just as he would sometimes teach us a Chapter [Sura] from the Qur'an."
'"If one of you is concerned about some practical undertaking, or about making plans for a journey, he should perform two cycles of ritual prayer [rak'atain], not as an obligatory observance [farida], but voluntarily. Then he should say:
'"O Allah, I ask You to show me what is best, through Your knowledge, and I ask You to empower me, through Your power, and I beg You to grant me Your tremendous favor, for You have power, while I am without power, and You have knowledge, while I am without knowledge, and You are the One who knows all things invisible.
Allahumma inni astakhiru-ka bi-'ilmi-ka mi astaqdiru-ka bi-qudrati-ka wa as'alu-ka minfadli-ka 'l-'azimfa4nna-ka taqdiru wa la aqdiru wa ta'lamu wa la a'lamu waAnta 'Allamii 'l-ghuyub
O Allah, if You know that this undertaking is in the best interests of my religion, my life in this world, and my life in the Hereafter, and can yield successful results in both the short term and the long term, then make it possible for me and make it easy for me, and then bless me in it.
Allahumma in kunta ta 'Itimu anna hadha 'l-amrti khairun lift dini wa dunyaya wa akhirati wa 'aqibati amri wa 'ajili-hi wa ajili-h :fa-'qdir~hu li wayassir-hu li thumma barik lifi-h
If not, then turn it away from me, and make it easy for me to do well, wherever I may happen to be, and make me content with Your verdict, O Most Merciful of the merciful."
wa ilia fa-'srif-hu 'an-ni wayassir liya 'l-khaira haithu kana ma kuntu wa raddi-ni bi-qada'i-kayaArhama 'r-rahimin
May Allah Guide all of the muslim Umma to the right path, Amine
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