Istikharah, the seeking of goodness from aAllah (swt)
Now the question is how do we engage
in this act of worship from Allah (swt)
You get up and you perform, your wudu like you perform for any salaah
and then you perform two rakaat
of nafl prayer. 2 rakaat of prayer
that is not obligatory.
You perform those 2 rakaat of and then you make a
dua to Allah (swt)
And the dua that is mentioned in the hadith of Rasul Allah ﷺ.
is a great dua full of meaning.
Many of us have heard of istikharah
We know of istikharah we've done istikharah
But how often do we think of the meaning
of the words that we are uttering before our Maker?
What is it that we're asking aAllah (swt)
What does this great dua
from Rasul Allah ﷺ
you know istikharah is so important that.
Jabir bin Abdullah RA says in this hadith of Rasul Allah ﷺ
from him that the Messenger ﷺ.
used to teach us istikharah in the same manner
that he taught us a surah from the suar of the Quran. Allahu Akbar.
That means that istikharah is so important that he actually emphasized it
to the extent that he taught it to them, like a surah from the suar of the Koran.
Allahu Akbar. So what is this dua?
Let us get down to it.
Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi 'ilmika
O Allah I ask you for goodness with the knowledge that you have.
What you are doing is acknowledging that the knowledge of aAllah (swt)
is better and superior to yours.
So I ask you for goodness with your knowledge. You know what is good
You know what is bad
Oh Allah, grant me that which is good.
What a stuck duel can be quadratic
and I seek power from you with your power O Allah.
Your power is vast and supreme. Mine is weak.
I seek for power.
I seek power from you, O Allah.
I seek the ability to do this act from you O Allah
wa as-'aluka min fadlikal-'azim
And I asked you from your vast favor and bounty
Fainnaka taqdiru wa la aqdiru
Indeed, you are able and I am not able or Allah.
O Allah you are able and I am not able
wa ta'lamu wa la a'lamu
And you know, and I do not know
Allah (swt) knows in the manner that we do not know.
So we do not know what is good and what is bad.
Only Allah really knows well until I learn Will, who
wa Anta 'allamul- ghuyub
And you are the knower of the unseen.
As we said, that which is the apparent is what we can tell.
This person is good for me.
This business deal is good for me.
But the rest, what is going to happen in the future?
Only Allah knows.
So you are asking him with His knowledge of the future to give you that which is good for you along the encounter to learn more and have a mirror
Allahumma in kunta ta'lamu anna hadhal-'amra
khairun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa 'aqibati amri
faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li, thumma barik li fihi
O Allah if you know that this particular action and you should take
the name, so for example,
Hazas zawaj This marriage is good for me.
faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li, thumma barik li fihi
in my deen, in my religion
and in my life (ma'ashi) (wa aaqibati amri) and at the end my matter
meaning in every aspect of my life, in my deen and in my dunya
And at the end of the day, if this is good for me.
faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li, thumma barik li fihi
and make it easy for me and then grant me Barakah in it
So you're asking Allah (swt) that
whatever is good for me grant it to me,
if it is good for me, grant it to me
Wa in kunta ta'lamu anna hadhal 'amra
sharrun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa 'aqibati amri,
fasrifhu 'anni, wasrifni 'anhu
O Allah if you know that this is bad for me in my deen and in my dunya
and in the end of my matter, at the end of the day,
whether this is good or bad, if it is bad for me,
then fasrifhu 'anni, wasrifni 'anhu
So turn it away from me and turn me away from it.
waqdur liyal- khaira haithu kana, thumma ardini bihi
and grant me good where ever it maybe
if it is in this meaning this alhamdulillah, if it is in
the next one and in the next one, alhamdulillah, give me goodness wherever it maybe
O Allah even if it is something that I despise and I don't like.
thumma ardini bihi then make me happy with it