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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الحج
Book of Hajj
جماع أبواب آداب السفر -- باب: الاستخارة
Collected chapters on the etiquette of travel -- Chapter: Istikharah
Bayhaqi 10302 — Collected chapters on the etiquette of travel
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْإِمَامُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ، أنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَوْسَقَانِيُّ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَّالِ، 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: اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ⦗٤١٠⦘ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ، اللهُمَّ إنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي " أَوْ قَالَ: " فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي، وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي، ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي، وَمَعَاشِي، وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي " أَوْ قَالَ: " عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ، فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِهِ " قَالَ: وَيُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ.
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us the supplication of istikharah (seeking what is best) just as he taught us a surah of the Qur'an. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "When one of you intends to do something, let him pray two rak'ahs other than the obligatory prayer, then let him say: O Allah, I ask You for good through Your knowledge, I ask You for ability through Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty; for 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 You know that this matter is good for me in my religion, my livelihood and the outcome of my affairs (or he said: in my worldly and hereafter affairs), then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and then bless me in it. And if You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion, my livelihood and the outcome of my affairs (or: in my worldly and hereafter affairs), then turn me away from it and turn it away from me, and decree good for me wherever it may be, and make me content with it." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And he should name his need."
