Questions answered~
بسم الله الرحمن الحيم
Alhamdulillah, Im really really really thankful to My Only One-ALLAH swt..for guiding me in whatever circumstances I face in my daily life..
Although it sometimes hurt me, as it didnt go as how I wished it would..but I know, Allah is the best knowing..
"Fighting is prescribed upon you, and ye dislke it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know it"
(al-Baqarah:216)
Hmm..yet still, It's not a sure sign. Im not an 'abid which is grouped in the group of assolihin..
I couldnt forget an advice of a teacher of mine in Darul Quran-whatever kind of decision u make, ask Allah as ur 1st step. And even there's one companion of Rasulullah (pbuh) asked Allah 1st when his shoelace went missing..And there's another story-my teacher's friend-she always do istikharah in whatever decision she's making.Each..ni matter how urge is it, she'll do it.
At 1st I wasn't affected by that story..So I just ignore it. However, once I came to Taylor's, when there were lot of things went confusing, and I wuz all alone by myself, with nobody beside me as a truly friend, a friend lillahita'ala.A friend who understand the outside and the inside of me, a friend who can accept me as how I am, a friend who'll not be prejudice to me at any single point, and a friend whom I can talk to her heart to heart,rationally.
Hamdalah, finally, I found HIM..who's actually the answer of all I wuz wanting and needing. He can tell me what others think about me, He can be asked if I want to talk to Him personally, He can give me more than a rational answer of each question lingering in me.He is more than everything.
Istkharah...
Hadith - al-Tirmidhi # 2151. [Classed as saheeh by al-Haakim, 1/699, and al-Dhahabi agreed with him. It was classed as hasan by al-Haafiz ibn Hajar in Fath al-Baari, 11/184] :
The happiness of the son of Adam depends on his being content with what Allah has decreed for him, and the misery of the son of Adam results from his failure to pray istikharah, and the misery of the son of Adam results from in his discontent with what Allah has decreed for him.
To make the prayer of Istikharah (say: iss-teh-KHAR-uh), one should pray two non-fard (non-obligatory) rakat (units) of prayer, even if they are of the regular sunnah prayers or a prayer for entering the mosque, and so on, during any time of the day or night.
One should recite in them whatever one wishes of the Qur'an, after reciting al-Fatihah. Then one should praise Allah and invoke blessings upon the Prophet, peace be upon him.
After this one should supplicate to Allah. Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah has reported the following supplication from the Prophet, peace be upon him, when he related, "The Prophet, peace be upon him, taught us how to make Istikharah in all (our) affairs, just as he taught us various surahs of the Qur'an.
He told us, 'If anyone of you considers doing something he should offer a two-rak'at prayer other than the obligatory prayers, and then say (after the prayer),
"Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi'ilmika. wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa as'aluka min fadlika al-azimfa-innaka taqdiru wala aqdiru, wa ta'lamu wala a ' lamu, wa anta 'allamu-l-ghuyub.
Allahumma, in kunta ta' lamu anna hadhaI-amra khairun lifi dini wa ma'ashi wa aqibati amri (or 'ajili amri wa'ajilihi) f aqdirhu li wa yas-sirhu li thumma barik li fihi, wa in kunta ta'llamu anna hadha-l-amra sharrun lifi dini wa ma'ashi wa-aqibati amri (orfi'ajili amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu anni was-rifni'anhu.
Wa aqdir li al-khaira haithu kana thumma ardini bihi"
(O Allah ! I ask guidance from Your knowledge, and Power from Your Might and I ask for Your great blessings. You are 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 din 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 din and subsistence and in the Hereafter--(or say, If it is worse for my present and later needs)--then keep it away from me, and keep me away from it. And ordain for me whatever is good for me, and make me satisfied with it)."'
The Prophet, may peace be upon him, added that then the person should mention his need."
There is nothing authentic concerning anything specific that is to be recited in the prayer nor is there any authentic report concerning how many times one should repeat it.
An-Nawawi holds that "after making istikharah, a person must do what he is wholeheartedly inclined to do and feels good about doing and should not insist on doing what he had desired to do before making the istikharah. And if his feelings change, he should leave what he had intended to do, for otherwise he is not leaving the choice to Allah, and would not be honest in seeking aid from Allah's power and knowledge. Sincerity in seeking Allah's choice, means that one should completely abandon what one desired oneself."
resource:http://muttaqun.com
Alhamdulillah, Im really really really thankful to My Only One-ALLAH swt..for guiding me in whatever circumstances I face in my daily life..
Although it sometimes hurt me, as it didnt go as how I wished it would..but I know, Allah is the best knowing..
"Fighting is prescribed upon you, and ye dislke it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know it"
(al-Baqarah:216)
Hmm..yet still, It's not a sure sign. Im not an 'abid which is grouped in the group of assolihin..
I couldnt forget an advice of a teacher of mine in Darul Quran-whatever kind of decision u make, ask Allah as ur 1st step. And even there's one companion of Rasulullah (pbuh) asked Allah 1st when his shoelace went missing..And there's another story-my teacher's friend-she always do istikharah in whatever decision she's making.Each..ni matter how urge is it, she'll do it.
At 1st I wasn't affected by that story..So I just ignore it. However, once I came to Taylor's, when there were lot of things went confusing, and I wuz all alone by myself, with nobody beside me as a truly friend, a friend lillahita'ala.A friend who understand the outside and the inside of me, a friend who can accept me as how I am, a friend who'll not be prejudice to me at any single point, and a friend whom I can talk to her heart to heart,rationally.
Hamdalah, finally, I found HIM..who's actually the answer of all I wuz wanting and needing. He can tell me what others think about me, He can be asked if I want to talk to Him personally, He can give me more than a rational answer of each question lingering in me.He is more than everything.
Istkharah...
Hadith - al-Tirmidhi # 2151. [Classed as saheeh by al-Haakim, 1/699, and al-Dhahabi agreed with him. It was classed as hasan by al-Haafiz ibn Hajar in Fath al-Baari, 11/184] :
The happiness of the son of Adam depends on his being content with what Allah has decreed for him, and the misery of the son of Adam results from his failure to pray istikharah, and the misery of the son of Adam results from in his discontent with what Allah has decreed for him.
To make the prayer of Istikharah (say: iss-teh-KHAR-uh), one should pray two non-fard (non-obligatory) rakat (units) of prayer, even if they are of the regular sunnah prayers or a prayer for entering the mosque, and so on, during any time of the day or night.
One should recite in them whatever one wishes of the Qur'an, after reciting al-Fatihah. Then one should praise Allah and invoke blessings upon the Prophet, peace be upon him.
After this one should supplicate to Allah. Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah has reported the following supplication from the Prophet, peace be upon him, when he related, "The Prophet, peace be upon him, taught us how to make Istikharah in all (our) affairs, just as he taught us various surahs of the Qur'an.
He told us, 'If anyone of you considers doing something he should offer a two-rak'at prayer other than the obligatory prayers, and then say (after the prayer),
"Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi'ilmika. wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa as'aluka min fadlika al-azimfa-innaka taqdiru wala aqdiru, wa ta'lamu wala a ' lamu, wa anta 'allamu-l-ghuyub.
Allahumma, in kunta ta' lamu anna hadhaI-amra khairun lifi dini wa ma'ashi wa aqibati amri (or 'ajili amri wa'ajilihi) f aqdirhu li wa yas-sirhu li thumma barik li fihi, wa in kunta ta'llamu anna hadha-l-amra sharrun lifi dini wa ma'ashi wa-aqibati amri (orfi'ajili amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu anni was-rifni'anhu.
Wa aqdir li al-khaira haithu kana thumma ardini bihi"
(O Allah ! I ask guidance from Your knowledge, and Power from Your Might and I ask for Your great blessings. You are 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 din 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 din and subsistence and in the Hereafter--(or say, If it is worse for my present and later needs)--then keep it away from me, and keep me away from it. And ordain for me whatever is good for me, and make me satisfied with it)."'
The Prophet, may peace be upon him, added that then the person should mention his need."
There is nothing authentic concerning anything specific that is to be recited in the prayer nor is there any authentic report concerning how many times one should repeat it.
An-Nawawi holds that "after making istikharah, a person must do what he is wholeheartedly inclined to do and feels good about doing and should not insist on doing what he had desired to do before making the istikharah. And if his feelings change, he should leave what he had intended to do, for otherwise he is not leaving the choice to Allah, and would not be honest in seeking aid from Allah's power and knowledge. Sincerity in seeking Allah's choice, means that one should completely abandon what one desired oneself."
resource:http://muttaqun.com
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