Istikharah Prayer - (asking Allaah subhaanahu wa ta'aala for guidance.)

My mom and dad pray isthikara everyday.. we all prayed it, before we had to choose my college.. :brother:

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Originally Posted by muslim_friend

My mom and dad pray isthikara everyday.. we all prayed it, before we had to choose my college.. :brother:

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Mashallah your parents sound cool!

aslamualaikum wa'rakhmatulla wa'barakatahu dearest brothers and sisters,
right, well i have read 2 different articles, well different in their own rights. the first states that you should read after Isha, and other at any time. For the 'after isha' is that obligatory or just if you want to, or it would help matters? Inshallah someone can clarify this in simple terms, as you can get many sources which state slight variations, so i was wodering this 'after isha' is this just down to personal choice?
ma'salama
may Allah swt shower you all with his blessings, ameen
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:salamext:

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Originally Posted by IsaAbdullah

Any1 got the audio of someone performing this?

Im an audio type of learner, I want to know that Im pronoucing the words right.

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http://www.haqaonline.com/multimedia/audio/Lectures/

just click on the link above, and you can have the audio of dua-e- istikhara.....

hope that helps inshaAllah

:wasalamex

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its ok if we read the dua in english rather than arabic right? :?

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Originally Posted by cheese

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its ok if we read the dua in english rather than arabic right? :?

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I was goin to ask the same question :sister:

I have performed Istikharah before it is the most closest way to get help from Allah.

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Originally Posted by H4RUN

aslamualaikum wa'rakhmatulla wa'barakatahu dearest brothers and sisters,
right, well i have read 2 different articles, well different in their own rights. the first states that you should read after Isha, and other at any time. For the 'after isha' is that obligatory or just if you want to, or it would help matters? Inshallah someone can clarify this in simple terms, as you can get many sources which state slight variations, so i was wodering this 'after isha' is this just down to personal choice?
ma'salama
may Allah swt shower you all with his blessings, ameen
:w:

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Anyone? Someone to shed some light of here would be of great help...
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:sl: Brother,
I usually pray after Isha prayers because i was told you arnt suppose to talk to anyone after you perform Istikharah.
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As salaamu alaykum,

^^ I doubt that sis!! Allaahu a3lam .....d'you have a source for that!!??

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jazkallah khair ukhti, erm any backing for that? Even though i most probably will perform after Isha, InshAllah....
Fi Amanillah
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ill look into for a source...i was told not to talk by my parents umm... i will find out and let you know as soon as possible
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the details are very crystal clear. i'll try to doit tonight.

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Originally Posted by cheese

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its ok if we read the dua in english rather than arabic right? :?

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I'd like to know the same thing?

salam.
Mashallah shukran Akhi for the information required really appreciated
w.salam

jazakllah for the istikharah article
very helpful

wot if u performed istikhara prayer and got a postivite reaction 2 gettin married and the marriage doesnt work out, then wot?

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Yes im no expert, but i know istikhara is basically 'guidance'...for example i carried out my istikhara for the reasons stated before..and i truely believe i got a postive reaction, even a green light in my dream tto go to a certain college...

So off i go, with no worries, everything was as well as can be...on the 'last step' to actually making me an official college pupil something went wrong, teribly wrong...hence i just could not go there and waste an extra year there...

So what do i do? After some help from a few brothers, i came to conclusion that i should go to the 'other' college, against my istikhara...but i kinda understood that istikhara was to guide you..so in some funny way i may have been guided away from my 'istikhara positive' decision to the other place...

Therefore in that sense i believe that you may also have been guided away from your situation in some weird and mysterious way...the marriage may not have been right for you, as my college decision may not have been right for me...Allahu Alim

That's my 2 pence worth :)
masalama
FiamanAllah
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^^ thing is bro, with the istikharah - Allaah makes a situation for you so that thing doesn't occur, why? Because you asked Allaah for the guidance.


Like for example if you wanted to get married and you did istikharah, then if marriage for that person wasn't good for you - Allaah would make a situation that you don't get married to that person. Allaah knows best.

A good friend just asked me about this prayer today. There is also another link you may want to check out. http://islam.about.com/blistikhara.htm

THANKYOU VERY MUCH Fi_Sabilillah, INSHALLAH I WILL START THE ISTIKHARA TODAY.

INSHALLAH I AM GETTING MARRIED IN DECEMBER, PLZ PRAY THAT EVERYTHING IS OK

JAZAKALAH