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THIRD ISTIKHARAH

It has arrived in the book ‘Al Mukhtar min Kalemaatil Imam al-Mahdi (A.S.)’: With regards to the Istekhara through chaplet, such Istekhara is permissible which narrated from Imam Mahdi (A.S.). One of the clerics permitted me to perform this Istekhara so that I can perform it for myself and also permitted me to allow others to perform it. Therefore, with respect to the permission I was granted, in the context of explaining how to perform this Istekhara, I give permission to everyone so that they can perform Istekhara in the following way:

            Begin by sayingبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ , then recite Salawaat three times and recite a short supplication like this one: ‘«يا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ إِهْدِ مَنْ لايَعْلَمُ» (O’ He who knows, guide someone who doesn’t know), or say: ‘”«يا رَبِّ خِرْ لي ما هُوَ الصَّالِحُ» (O’ Lord, select for me what is good for me), or any other similar supplication. After reciting the short supplication, hold a portion of the chaplet and count; if the number was odd, perform your intended work; and if the number was even, forsake it.^[1]