| Jabir
bin Abdullah (RA) said: The Prophet (SAW) used to teach
us to seek Allah's Counsel in all matters, as he used to
teach us a Surah from the Qur'an. He would say: When
anyone of you has an important matter to decide, let him
pray two Rak'ahs other than the obligatory prayer, and
then say:
اللّهُـمَّ
إِنِّـي
أَسْتَخيـرُكَ
بِعِاْـمِك،
وَأسْتَقْـدِرُكَ
بِقُـدْرَتِـك،
وَأَسْـألُـكَ
مِنْ
فَضْـلِكَ
العَظـيم،
فَإِنَّـكَ
تَقْـدِرُ
وَلا
أَقْـدِر،
وَتَـعْلَـمُ
وَلا
أَعْلَـم،
وَأَنْـتَ
عَلاّمُ
الغُـيوب،
اللّهُـمَّ
إِنْ
كُنْـتَ
تَعْـلَمُ
أَنَّ
هـذا
الأمْـرَ
(وَيُسَـمِّي
حاجته)
خَـيْرٌ
لي في
دينـي
وَمَعـاشي
وَعاقِـبَةِ
أَمْـري،
(
عَاجِلِهِ
و آجِلِه)
فَاقْـدُرْهُ
لي
وَيَسِّـرْهُ
لي ثـمَّ
بارِكْ
لي فيـه،
وَإِنْ
كُنْـتَ
تَعْـلَمُ
أَنَّ
هـذا
الأمْـرَ
شَـرٌ لي
في دينـي
وَمَعـاشي
وَعاقِـبَةِ
أَمْـري،
(
عَاجِلِهِ
و آجِلِه) فَاصْرِفْـهُ
عَنّيِ وَاصْرِفْني
عَنْـهُ
وَاقْـدُرْ
ليَ
الخَـيْرَ
حَيْـثُ
كانَ
ثُـمَّ
أَرْضِـني
بِِـه .
74.
Allaahumma 'innee 'astakheeruka bi'ilmika, wa 'astaqdiruka
biqudratika, wa 'as'aluka min fadhtikal-'Adheemi,
fa'innaka taqdiru wa laa 'aqdiru, wa ta'lamu, wa laa 'a'lamu,
wa 'Anta 'Allaamul-Ghuyoobi, Allaahumma 'in kunta
ta'lamu 'anna haathal-'amra-[then mention the
thing to be decided] Khayrun lee fee deenee wa ma'aashee
wa 'aaqibati 'amree - [or say] 'Aajilihi wa 'aajilihi -
Faqdurhu lee wa yassirhu lee thumma baarik lee feehi, wa
'in kunta ta'lamu 'anna haathal-'amra sharrun lee
fee deenee wa ma'aashee wa 'aaqibati 'amree - [or say] 'Aajilihi
wa 'aajilihi - Fasrifhu 'annee wasrifnee 'anhu waqdur
liyal-khayra haythu kaana thumma 'ardhinee bihi.
O Allah,
I seek the counsel of Your Knowledge, and I seek the
help of Your Omnipotence, and I beseech You for Your
Magnificent Grace. Surely, You are Capable and I am not.
You know and I know not, and You are the Knower of the
unseen. O Allah, if You know that this matter [then
mention the thing to be decided] is good for me in my
religion and in my life and for my welfare in the life
to come, - [or say: in this life and the afterlife] -
then ordain it for me and make it easy for me, then
bless me in it. And if You know that this matter is bad
for me in my religion and in my life and for my welfare
in the life to come, - [or say: in this life and the
afterlife] - then distance it from me, and distance me
from it, and ordain for me what is good wherever it may
be, and help me to be content with it.
Whoever seeks the counsel
of the Creator will not regret it and whoever seeks the
advice of the believers will feel confident about his
decisions . Allah said in the Qur'an:
وَشَاوِرْهُمْ
فِي
الأَمْرِ
فَإِذَا
عَزَمْتَ
فَتَوَكَّلْ
عَلَى
اللّهِ
"And
consult them in the affair. Then when you have taken a
decision , put your trust in Allah."
Reference: Al-Bukhari
7/162. and Aal-'Imran 3:159.
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