Namaaz-e-Istikhaara
A Sahih Hadith which has been reported by a huge group of Muhaditheen,
except for Muslim, from Jabir bin Abdullah رضی اللہ
تعالٰی عنہما that Rasoolullah
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم would instruct us to perform Istikhaara for
all our issues, just as he taught us the Surahs of the Qur’an. When a person
intends to do something (new), he should perform 2 Raka’ats of Nafil Namaaz and
then say:
اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَسْتَخِیْرُکَ بِعِلْمِکَ وَاَسْتَقْدِرُکَ
بِقُدْرَتِکَ وَ اَسْأَ لُکَ مِنْ فَضْلِکَ الْعَظِیْمِ فَاِنَّکَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا
اَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَلَا اَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُیُوْبِ اَللّٰھُمَّ
اِنْ کُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ اَنَّ ھٰذَا الْاَمْرَ خَیْرٌ لِّیْ فِیْ دِیْنِیْ
وَمَعَاشِیْ وَعَاقِبَۃِ اَمْرِیْ اَوْقَالَ عَاجِلِ اَمْرِی وَاٰجِلِہٖ
فَاقْدُرْہُ لِیْ وَیَسِّرْہُ لِیْ ثُمَّ بَارِکْ لِیْ فِیْہِ وَاِنْ کُنْتَ
تَعْلَمُ اَنَّ ھٰذَا الْاَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِّیْ فِیْ دِیْنِیْ وَمَعَاشِیْ
وَعَاقِـبَۃِ اَمْرِیْ اَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ اَمْرِیْ وَاٰجِلِہٖ فَاصْرِفْہُ
عَنِّیْ وَاصْرِفْنِیْ عَنْہُ وَاقْدُرْ لِیَ الْخَیْرَ حَیْثُ کَانَ ثُمَّ
رَضِّنِیْ بِہٖ .
O Allah! I ask Divine guidance from Your knowledge, and
Power from Your Might and I ask for Your great blessings. You are Most Capable
and I am not. You know and I do not and You know the unseen. O Allah! If You
know that this thing is good for my Deen and my subsistence and for my
Hereafter - (or say, If it is better for my present and later needs) - then
ordain it for me and make it easy for me to obtain, and then bless me in it. If
You know that this thing is harmful to me in my Deen and subsistence and in the
Hereafter (or say, if it is worse for my present and future requirements) then
keep it away from me, and keep me away from it and ordain for me whatever is
good for me, and make me to be satisfied with it.
Thereafter mention your need, either by mentioning it before ھٰذَا الْاَمْر ‘Haazal Amr’ or after it. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.642]
In اَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ اَمْرِیْ it is اَوْ
شک The Fuqaha have mentioned, it should be combined and said as: وَعَاقِبَۃِ اَمْرِیْ وَعَاجِلِ اَمْرِیْ وَاٰجِلِہٖ . (Ghuniya)
Law: In regards to Hajj and Jihad and other
virtuous actions, there is no Istikhaara for the ‘Nafs-e-Fel’ (i.e. for the
actual practice, meaning one cannot say he is making Istikhaara to see if he
should make Hajj or perform certain good deed). He may however make Istikhaara
to set the time for it (i.e. should I go this week or next). [Durr-e- Mukhtar
vol.1 pg.642; Ghuniya]
Law: It is more virtuous to recite اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰہِ Alhamdulillah and
Durood Shareef before and after the Dua, and to recite قُلْ
یٰاَیُّھَا الْکَافِرُوْنَ - (Surah Kafirun) in the first Raka’at and قُلْ
ھُوَ اللہُ (Surah Ikhlas) in the second Raka’at. Some of the Masha’ikh have
said that in the first Raka’at recite from وَرَبُّکَ
یَخْلُقُ مَا یَشَآءُ وَیَخْتَارُ
up to یُعْلِنُوْنَ and in the
second Raka’at recite from وَمَا کَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ
وَّلَا مُؤْمِنَۃٍ
till the end verse. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1
pg.642]
Law: It is best to do the Istikhaara 7 times (i.e.
for 7 nights), as it has been mentioned in a Hadith where Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم
said, ‘O Anas! When you intend to do something
then make Istikhaara for it towards Your Creator 7 times, then see what your
heart tells you, for undoubtedly it is in that which is goodness (benefit)’.
Some Masha’ikh have mentioned that after reciting the above mentioned
Dua, sleep in Tahaarat (ablution) facing the Qibla. If you see whiteness or
something green in your dream then to do that particular thing is good and if
you see blackness or redness then it is bad to do that and you should avoid it.
[Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.643] The duration for the Istikhaara is until such time
that one’s view does not completely lean to one side (i.e. until you do not
feel that it is completely positive or completely negative to do something, you
should continue).
Salaatut Tasbeeh
There are countless Thawaab (rewards) in this Namaaz. Some of the Muhaqiqeen
have mentioned that after hearing about its excellence and virtue, only one who
is lazy in Deen, will omit performing it. Nabi
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said to Hazrat Ab’bas رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ ‘O Uncle! Should I not bless you? Should I
not have you forgiven, Should I not give you? Should I not be favourable
towards you? There are 10 traits that if you perform them, Allah will forgive
your sin, the sins of the past, the sins in the future, old sins, or that which
you committed by mistake, and that which you have committed intentionally, big
or small’.
After mentioning this, he صلی اللہ
تعالی علیہ وسلم
taught (him) the manner of performing Salaatut
Tasbeeh. He صلی
اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم then said, ‘If you are able to perform it
once daily, then do so, and if you do not do it daily, then do it once on every
Friday, and if you cannot even do this, then perform it at least once in a
month, and if you cannot even do this, then at least perform it once in your
lifetime’.
According to us, the manner of performing it is that which is in Sunan
Tirmizi Shareef on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mubaarak رضی
اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ.
He says:
1. Say Allahu Akbar and recite سُبْحَانَکَ اللّٰھُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِکَ وَتَبَارَکَ اسْمُکَ وَتَعَالٰی
جَدُّکَ وَلَآ اِلٰـہَ غَیْرُکَ
(in other words the Thana)
2. Then recite سُبْحَانَ
اللہِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ وَلَآ اِلٰـہَ اِلَّا اللہُ وَاللہُ اَکْبَرْ 15
times,
3. Then recite the اَعُوْذُ (Ta’ooz)
and the بِسْمِ اللہ
(Tasmiyah) and Surah Faateha and
the Surah
4. Then recite the above Tasbeeh 10 more times
5. Then perform Ruku and recite this Tasbeeh 10 times in
Ruku
6. Then raise the head from Ruku and after the Tasmee’
and Tahmeed (Sami Allahu li mun Hamidah and Allahum’ma Rabbana wa lakal Humd)
recite the Tasbeeh a further 10 times.
7. Then perform Sajdah and recite it 10 times in Sajdah
8. Then raise the head and recite it 10 times when
seated in Jalsa
9. Then in the second Sajdah after the (normal Tasbeeh)
recite it 10 times.
Perform 4 Raka’ats and in every Raka’at you will recite 75
Tasbeehs and in the 4 Raka’ats you will recite a total of 300 Tasbeehs. In Ruku
and Sujood, only recite the said Tasbeeh after saying the سُبْحَانَ رَبِّیَ الْعَظِیْمِ
and the سبُحْاَنَ
رَبِّیَ الْاَعْلٰی. [Shaami vol.1 pg.643; Ghuniya etc]
Law: Hazrat Ibn Ab’bas رضی
اللہ تعالٰی عنہما
was asked, ‘Do you know which Surah should be
recited in this Namaaz’. He said, ‘Surah Takathur, Surah Wal Asr, Surah Kafirun
and Surah Ikhlas’; whilst some have said, Surah Hadeed, Surah Hashr, Surah
Saffa and Surah Taghabun. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.643]
Law: If (Whilst performing Salaat ul Tasbeeh)
Sajdah-e-Sahw became Waajib, and one performs Sajdah, then the Tasbeehs will be
read in both these (as well); If one by error read less than 10 tasbeehs at any
point, then it should be read at the next point (of its recitation) so that the
counting can be completed. It is best to recite it in the instance of Tasbeeh
which comes thereafter; for example, the (missed) Tasbeeh of Qauma should
recited in Sajdah, and if one forgot to do so in Ruku, then he should recite
these in Sajdah as well, and not in the Qauma because the duration in Qauma is
shorter (i.e. limited); and if one forgets to read it in the first Sajdah, he
should read it in the second Sajdah and not in Jalsa (i.e. the sitting between both
Sajdahs). [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.643]
Law: Do not count the Tasbeeh on the fingers, but
if possible keep count in the heart, otherwise do so by pressing the fingers.
[Durr-e-Mukhtar vol.1 pg.643]
Law: This Namaaz can be performed in every
non-Makruh time, and it is best (most virtuous) to perform it before Zuhr.
[Alamgiri vol.1; Raddul Muhtar vol.1 643]
Law: Ibn Ab’bas رضی اﷲ
تعالیٰ عنہ states that before Salaam in this Namaaz, this Dua should be
recited:
اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَسْأَ لُکَ تَوْفِیْقَ اَھْلِ الھُدٰی
وَاَعْمَالَ اَھْلِ الْیَقِیْنِ وَمُنَاصَحَۃَ اَھْلِ التَّوْبَۃِ وَعَزْمَ اَھْلِ
الصَّبْرِ وَجِدَّ اَھْلِ الْخَشْیَۃِ وَطَلَبَ اَھْلِ الرَّغْبَۃِ وَتَعَبُّدَ
اَھْلِ الْوَرَعِ وَعِرْفَانَ اَھْلِ الْعِلْمِ حَتّٰی اَخَافَکَ اَللّٰھُمَّ
اِنِّیْ اَسْأَ لُکَ مَخَافَۃً تَحْجُزُنِیْ عَنْ مَعَاصِيْکَ حَتّٰی اَعْمَلَ
بِطَاعَتِکَ عَمَلاً اَسْتَحِقُّ بِہٖ رِضَاکَ وَحَتّٰی اُنَاصِحَکَ بِالتَّوْبَۃِ
خَوْفًا مِّنْکَ وَحَتّٰی اُخْلِصَ لَکَ النَّصِیْحَۃَ حُبًّا لَّکَ وَحَتّٰی اَ
تَوَکَّلَ عَلَیْکَ فِیْ الْاُمُوْرِ حُسْنَ ظَنٍّ م بِکَ سُبْحٰنَ خَالِقِ
النُّوْرِ .
O Allah! I ask of You the Divine Guidance of the Guided
ones, and the Actions of those with conviction, and the goodness of the ones
who repent, and the determination of the Patient Ones, and the (sincere)
efforts of those who fear, and the desire of those truly seeking, and the
(manner) of worship of the pious, and the deep sense of knowledge of the People
of Knowledge, so that I may (truly) fear You. O Allah, I beg You to bless me
with such fear, which will stop me from disobeying You, so that in Your
Obedience, I do such things which will make me deserving of Your Pleasure, and
so that I may sincerely repent through Your fear, and so that due to Your Love,
I may wish well, especially for Your (sake), and so that I may have complete
trust in You, in all (my) affairs, hopeful of goodness from you. Glorified is
the Creator of Light. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1
pg.644]
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