ISTIKHARA PART - 1

&nbsp;Istikhara means to ask for what is good. Upon performing Istikhara, the worshipper is guided towards the good. There is a Hadith in The Collection of <span style="color: #339966"><b>Tirmizi (Jame Tirmizi)</b></span> about istikhara.&quot;<br /> &nbsp;<br /> It has been narrated on the authority of <i>Hadhrat Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him), </i>that he said that the <b>Prophet (Sallallahu aaihi wa sallam)</b> used to exhort us to use istikhara in all of our important affairs as if He<b> (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)</b> was teaching us a chapter (Surah) of the Holy Quran.&quot; The <b>Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)</b> said,&quot; When anyone of you decides to do something, he should offer 2 raka'at (of Salaat) apart from the Obligatory (Farz) Salaat. Then recite this Dua-<br /> <br /> &quot;O Allah I supplicate You for what is good, through Your Knowledge. And I ask You to empower me through Your Power. And I ask You for your great Benevolence. Because only You have (absolute) power and I don't have any. Only You know and I don't know. And You know the unknowable. O Allah, if this affair is good for my religion (Deen), good for my life and for the conclusion of my affair, then destine it for me and ease it for me and make it prosperous for me. If in Your knowledge, this affair is harmful for my religion, my life and for the conclusion of my affair, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it. And grant me good wherever it is for me. And make me contented.&quot;<br />