Hadith 480

What Has Been Related About Ṣalātul-Istikhārah

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Darussalam · Volume 1

3. The Chapters On Al-Witr

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 490

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Source no. 480 · Volume 1 · Page 480
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صحيح، ابن ماجة (١٣٨٣)

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480. Jābir bin 'Abdullāh narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would teach us Al-Istikhārah for all of our affairs just as he would teach us a Sūrah of the Qur'an, saying: 'When one of you is worried about a matter, then let him perform two Rak'ah other than the obligatory (prayer), then let him say: (Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi'ilmika, wa astaqdiruka biqadratika, wa as'aluka min faḍlikal-'azīm, fa innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdiru, wa ta'lamu wa lā a'lamu, wa anta 'allāmul-ghayūb'. Allāhumma in kunta ta'lamu anna hādhāl-amra khairun li fī dīnī wa ma'īshatī wa 'āqibati amrī, or said: Fī 'ājili 'amrī wa ājilihi fayassirhu li, thumma bārik li fīhi, wa in kunta ta'lamu anna hādhāl-amra sharrun li fī dīnī wa ma'īshatī wa 'āqibati amrī, or said: Fī 'ājili 'amrī wa ājilihi fāṣrifhu 'anni wāṣrifnī 'anhu wāqdur lil-khaira haithu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih.) "O Allāh! I consult Your knowledge, and seek ability from Your power, and I ask You, from Your magnificent bounty, for indeed You have power and I do not have power, and You know while I do not know, and You know the unseen. O Allāh! If you know that this matter is good for me in my religion or my livelihood, and for my life in the Hereafter – or he said: for my present and future – then make it easy for me, then bless me in it. If You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion and my livelihood and my life in the Hereafter – or he said: for my present and future – then divert it from me and divert me from it, enable me to find the good wherever it is, then make me pleased with it." He said: "And he mentions his need." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd and Abū Ayyūb. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥādīth of Jābir is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb Ḥādīth, we do not know of it except as a narration of 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Al-Mawālī, and he is a Shaikh from Al-Madīnah who is trustworthy. Sufyān narrates Aḥādīth from him, and more than one of the A'immah reported from 'Abdur-Raḥmān [and he is 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Zaid bin Abī Al-Mawālī].

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٤٨٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِ ، عَنْ ‌مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، عَنْ ‌جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ» فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا، كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، يَقُولُ: إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ، ثُمَّ لِيَقُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعِيشَتِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي، أَوْ قَالَ: فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ -: فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي، وَمَعِيشَتِي، وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ: فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ - فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي، وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ. قَالَ: وَيُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ. حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَوَالِ، وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ مَدِينِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ رَوَى عَنْهُ سُفْيَانُ حَدِيثًا، وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ.

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In the supplication of Istikhārah, one confesses one's own helplessness, inability, unfamiliarity and ignorance, and refers his affair to the Omnipotent, the All Knower of the Unseen, Lord and Master that whatever is the best way should be practised. It is then impossible that the Generous Lord and the Master of Grace will not accept the supplication, full of sincerity, of His servant and leave him without guidance and help.