TYPES OF ISTEKHARA THROUGH CHAPLETS

NARRATED FROM IMAM MAHDI (A.S.)

 

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First Istekhara

In his book ‘Mibah’, Allama Hilli (R.A.) says: This Istekhara has been narrated from Imam Mahdi (A.S.) in the following way: Recite chapter Al-Hamd ten times or three times or once, then recite chapter Al-Qadr ten times, then recite the following supplication thrice:

           أَللَّهُمَّ إِنّي أَسْتَخيرُكَ لِعِلْمِكَ بِعاقِبَةِ الْاُمُورِ ، وَأَسْتَشيرُكَ لِحُسْنِ ظَنّي بِكَ فِي الْمَأْمُولِ وَالْمَحْذُورِ . أَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كانَ الْأَمْرُ الْفُلاني و كار خود را نام مى‏ برد بِما قَدْ نيطَتْ بِالْبَرَكَةِ أَعْجازُهُ وَبَواديهِ ، وَحُفَّتْ بِالْكَرامَةِ أَيَّامُهُ وَلَياليهِ ، فَخِرْ لِيَ اللَّهُمَّ فيهِ خِيَرَةً تَرُدُّ شُمُوسَهُ ذَلُولاً ، وَتَقْعَضُ أَيَّامَهُ سُرُوراً . أَللَّهُمَّ إِمَّا أَمْرٌ فَأَئْتَمِرُ ، وَ إِمَّا نَهْيٌ فَأَنْتَهي . أَللَّهُمَّ إِنّي أَسْتَخيرُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ خِيَرَةً في عافِيَةٍ .

O’ Allah, I seek the good from You because You know about the fate of all affairs, I seek advice from You because I am optimistic about You for all that I desire and all that I fear. O’ Allah, if that affair (and name your work) is attached to Your grace from the beginning till the end, and is enveloped by Your blessings throughout its days and nights, then select it for me, O’ Allah, such that its rebellion calms down, and it possesses happy and prosperous days. O’ Allah, if You will command I will perform it, and if You forbid me from it, I will forsake it. O’ Allah, indeed I seek the good from You through Your Mercy, the good along with the welfare.

After reciting the supplication, hold a portion of the chaplet (keeping in mind your intention) and count. After counting the number of beads that you held from the chaplet, if the quantity turns out to be odd, perform the work, and if it turns out even, do not perform it.^[1]

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