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Sunan Ibn Majah 1383

What was narrated concerning Isthikhara Prayer

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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا الاِسْتِخَارَةَ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يَقُولُ إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ لْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ هَذَا الأَمْرَ فَيُسَمِّيهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ خَيْرًا لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ يَقُولُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الأُولَى وَإِنْ كَانَ شَرًّا لِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُمَا كَانَ ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِهِ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Sulamī
  2. Khālid b. Makhlad
  3. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Mawāl
  4. Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir Yuḥaddith
  5. Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us Istikharah, just as he used to teach us a Surah of the Qur’an. He said: ‘If anyone of you is deliberating about a decision he has to make, then let him pray two Rak’ah of non- obligatory prayer, then say: Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi ‘ilmika wa astaqdiruka bi qudratika wa as’aluka min fadlikal-‘azim, fa innaka taqdiru wa la aqdir, wa ta’lamu wa la a’lam, wa Anta ‘allamul-ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta’lamu hadhal-amra (then the matter should be mentioned by name) ma kan min shay’in khairan li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri, aw khairanli fi ‘ajili amri wa ajilihi, faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li wa barik li fihi. Wa in kunta ta’lamu [O Allah, I seek Your guidance (in making a choice) by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. You have power, I have none. And You know, I know not. You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allah, if in Your knowledge, this matter (then it should be mentioned by name) is good for me in my religion, my livelihood and my affairs, or both in this world and in the Hereafter then ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if in Your knowledge]. Then saying similar to what he said the first time, except: Wa in kana sharran li fasrifhu ‘anni wasrifni ‘anhu waqdur li al-khair haithuma kana thumma raddini bihi (If it is bad for me then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and ordain for me the good wherever it may be and make me pleased with it).’”

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What scholars said about it

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  • Dāraquṭnī

    غريب من حديث عبد الرحمن بن أبي الموالي عن محمد عن جابر وهو صحيح عنه

    machine translationGharīb (strange) from the hadith of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī al-Mawālī, from Muḥammad, from Jābir, and it is sound (ṣaḥīḥ) from him.

    in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1445
  • Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

    هو منكر ليس يرويه غيره لا بأس به

    machine translationIt is objectionable (munkar); no one other than him narrates it. There is no harm in him.

    in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1445
  • Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

    منكر

    machine translationRejected (munkar)

    in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1445

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Ibn Hibban 885al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 11508Musnad Abi Ya'la 1341al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 690al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 691

Narrators

  1. Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. Ḥarām al-Anṣārī
    Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said, and Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ in some reports from them: 68 AH. Abū Sulaymān b. Zabr said: 72 AH. Muḥammad b. Saʿd said, and al-Haytham b. ʿAdī in another report: 73 AH. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ḥabbān said: 77 AH. Abū ʿAwn al-Madanī and others said: 78 AH. Abū Nuʿaym and Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ in another report said: 79 AH
    جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّصحابي
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  2. Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir
    trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 130 AH, or 131 AH
    مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِثقة فاضل
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  3. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī al-Mawāl
    truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes erredd. 173 AH
    عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِصدوق ربما أخطأ
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  4. Khālid b. Makhlad
    truthful (ṣadūq), inclined to Shīʿism, and he has singular reports (afrād).d. 213 AH, or 214 AH.
    خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍصدوق يتشيع ، وله أفراد.
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  5. Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Sulamī
    a reliable memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), trustworthy (thiqah)d. 263 AH, or 264 AH
    أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّحافظ ثقة
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  6. Ibn Mājah
    one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
    ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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Commentaries

Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd

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