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hadith 1546
Hadith #
1546
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
1
Section
84
Part
Content
Chapter
The Prayer of Seeking Guidance (istikhara)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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Hadith.1552 - Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about seeking divine guidance (istikhara). Imam (as) said: "Seek guidance from Allah (swt) in the last unit (rak'ah) of the night prayer while you are in prostration, repeating it one hundred and one times." Muhammad asked: "How should I say it?" Imam (as) said: "You should say, Astakheeru Allāha bi-raḥmatihi, astakheeru Allāha bi-raḥmatihi. 'I seek guidance from Allah (swt) by His mercy, I seek guidance from Allah (swt) by His mercy.'"
1552 - وَ سَأَلَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ اَلْقَسْرِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلاِسْتِخَارَةِ فَقَالَ
«اِسْتَخِرِ اَللَّهَ فِي آخِرِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ أَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً» قَالَ كَيْفَ أَقُولُ قَالَ «تَقُولُ أَسْتَخِيرُ اَللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اَللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ.
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