AN IMPORTANT POINT

Sayyid bin Taoos (R.A.) says: It might occur in a few minds that Imam Mahdi (A.S.) taught the supplication of Istekhara during the Long Occultation Period, so that the Shias who are aware of his meeting place, shall seek advice through this path from Allah (S.W.T.), and in this way, he informed the people of the enormous value of seeking advice and the best way from Allah.

            The important point worth mentioning here is that I haven’t found any source through which it can be proved that someone has requested his holiness (A.S.) for this supplication, but it has been issued from his holy threshold without any prior request and the last memory (in the form of a present) granted by him is this very supplication. Those who have awareness and are religious comprehend it very well^[1].

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