Dua Supplication for seeking guidance in forming a decision or choosing the proper course…etc (Al-Istikharah) - Dhikr and Dua Hisn al-Muslim
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 -وَيُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ- خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي -أَوْ قَالَ: عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ- فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي، وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي، ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي -أَوْ قَالَ: عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ- فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ (1). وما ندم من استخار الخالق، وشاور المخلوقين المؤمنين وتثبَّت في أمره؛ فقد قال الله سبحانه وتعالى: ۞وَشَاوِرۡهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡرِۖ فَإِذَا عَزَمۡتَ فَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ(2).
On the authority of Jabir Ibn AAabdullah (Peace Be Upon Him), he said: ’The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) would instruct us to pray for guidance in all of our concerns, just as he would teach us a chapter from the Quran. He (Peace Be Upon Him) would say ’ If any of you intends to undertake a matter then let him pray two supererogatory units (two rakAAah nafilah) of prayer and after which he should supplicate: Allahumma innee astakheeruka biAAilmik, wa-astaqdiruka biqudratik, wa-as-aluka min fadlikal-AAatheem, fa-innaka taqdiru wala aqdir, wataAAlamu wala aAAlam ,wa-anta AAallamul ghuyoob, allahumma in kunta taAAlamu anna hathal-amr (say your need) khayrun lee fee deenee wamaAAashee waAAaqibati amree faqdurhu lee, wayassirhu lee, thumma barik lee feeh, wa-in kunta taAAlamu anna hathal-amr sharrun lee fee deenee wamaAAashee waAAaqibati amree fasrifhu AAannee wasrifnee AAanh, waqdur liyal-khayra haythu kan, thumma ardinee bih.
‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this affair -and here he mentions his need- to be good for me in relation to my religion, my life, and end, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me towards my religion, my life, and end, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.’ One who seeks guidance from his Creator and consults his fellow believers and then remains firm in his resolve does not regret, for Allah has said: (washawirhum fee al-amri fa-itha AAazamta fatawakkal AAala Allah ) (chapter 3 verse 159) ‘…and consult them in the affair. Then when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah…
More Adhkar and Duas from Hisn al-Muslim
- When waking up
- When leaving the home
- Supplication for when the mounted animal (or mean of transport) stumbles
- Supplication of the traveller for the resident
- Supplication of the resident for the traveller
- Remembrance while ascending or descending
- Prayer of the traveller as dawn approaches
- Stopping or lodging somewhere
- While returning from travel
- What to say upon receiving pleasing or displeasing news
- Excellence of sending prayers upon the Prophet
- Excellence of spreading the Islamic greeting
- Upon entering the home
- Returning a greeting to a Kafir
- Supplication said upon hearing a rooster crow or the braying of an ass
- Supplication upon hearing the barking of dogs at night
- Supplication said for one you have insulted
- The etiquette of praising a fellow Muslim
- The Talbiyah
- At the black stone
- Supplication said between the Yemeni corner and the black stone (at the KaAAbah)
- Supplication said when at Mount Safa & Mount Marwah
- Supplication when going to the mosque
- The Day of AAarafah
- At the Sacred Site (Al-MashAAar Al-Haram)
- When throwing each pebble at the Jamarat
- What to say at times of amazement and delight
- What to do upon receiving pleasant news
- What to say and do when feeling some pain in the body
- What to say when in fear of afflicting something or someone with one’s eye
- What to say when startled
- When slaughtering or offering a sacrifice
- Upon entering the mosque
- What is said to ward off the deception of the Obstinate Shaytans
- Seeking forgiveness and repentance
- Excellence of remembrance and glorification of Allah
- How the prophet made tasbeeh
- Etiquette of retiring for the night
- Upon leaving the mosque
- Supplications related to the athan (the call to prayer)
- Supplication at the start of the prayer (after takbeer)
- While bowing in prayer (rukooAA)
- Upon rising from the bowing posision
- Supplication whilst prostrating (sujood)
- Supplication when wearing a garment
- Supplication between the two prostrations
- Supplication when prostrating due to recitation of the Quran
- The Tashahhud
- Prayers upon the Prophet after the tashahhud
- Supplication said after the last tashahhud and before salam
- Remembrance after salam
- Supplication for seeking guidance in forming a decision or choosing the proper course…etc (Al-Istikharah)
- Remembrance said in the morning and evening
- Remembrance before sleeping
- Supplication when turning over during the night
- Supplication said when wearing a new garment
- Upon experiencing unrest, fear, apprehensiveness and the like during sleep
- Upon seeing a good dream or a bad dream
- Qunoot Al-Witr
- Remembrance immediately after salam of the witr prayer
- Supplication for anxiety and sorrow
- Supplication for one in distress
- Upon encountering an enemy or those of authority
- Supplication made against an enemy
- What to say when in fear of a people
- Supplication said to someone wearing a new garment
- Supplication for one afflicted with doubt in his faith
- Settling a debt
- Supplication for one afflicated by whisperings in prayer or recitation
- Supplication for one whose affairs have become difficult
- Upon committing a sin
- Supplication for expelling the devil and his whisperings
- Supplication when stricken with a mishap or overtaken by an affair
- Placing childen under Allah’s protection
- Before undressing
- When visiting the sick
- Excellence of visiting the sick
- Supplication of the sick who have renounced all hope of life
- Instruction for the one nearing death
- Supplication for one afflicted by a calamity
- When closing the eyes of the deceased
- Supplication for the deceased at the funeral prayer
- Supplication for the advancement of reward during the funeral prayer
- Condolence
- Placing the deceased in the grave
- Before entering the toilet
- After burying the deceased
- Visiting the graves
- Prayer said during a wind storm
- Supplication upon hearing thunder
- Supplication for rain
- Supplication said when it rains
- After rainfall
- Asking for clear skies
- Upon sighting the crescent moon
- Upon breaking fast
- After leaving the toilet
- Supplication before eating
- Upon completing the meal
- Supplication of the guest for the host
- Supplication said to one offering a drink or to one who intended to do that
- Supplication said when breaking fast in someone’s home
- Supplication said by one fasting when presented with food and does not break his fast
- When insulted while fasting
- Supplication said upon seeing the early or premature fruit
- Supplication said upon sneezing
- What is said to a Kafir when he sneezes
- When starting ablution
- Supplication said to the newlywed
- The groom’s supplication on the wedding night or when buying an animal
- Supplication before sexual intercourse
- When angry
- Supplication said upon seeing someone in trial or tribulation
- Remembrance said at a sitting or gathering…etc
- Supplication for the expiation of sins said at the conclusion of a sitting or gathering…etc
- Returning a supplication of forgiveness
- Supplication said to one who does you a favour
- Protection from the Dajjal
- Upon completing the ablution
- Supplication said to one who pronounces his love for you, for Allah’s sake
- Supplication said to one who has offered you some of his wealth
- Supplication said to the debtor when his debt is settled
- Supplication for fear of shirk
- Returning a supplication after having bestowed a gift or charity upon someone
- Forbiddance of ascribing things to omens
- Supplication said when mounting an animal or any means of transport
- Supplication for travel
- Supplication upon entering a town or village…etc
- When entering the market
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