Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31375 — A man who has a need: what

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us istikharah just as he would teach a surah of the Qur'an, and he used to say: "When some matter confronts you, pray two voluntary units of prayer, then name the matter and supplicate in this way: 'O Allah, I ask You for good through Your knowledge, I seek power from You through Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty, for indeed You have power and I have no power; You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if this matter is better for me in my religion and in the outcome of my affair, then decree it for me, make it easy, and grant me blessing in it. And if this matter is evil for me in my religion and in the outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, decree good for me wherever it may be, and then make me content with it.'"