Mustafa Khattab – Istikhara Prayer for Guidance
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The speaker discusses the concept of "the third way" in Islam, which is to ask for guidance and not to do harm. They also mention a story about a woman who was in a difficult situation and was given guidance by a prophet. The speaker emphasizes the importance of asking for guidance and taking time to examine the situation further to determine the best course of action.
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So I hear a lot of questions about
salah and istikhal, asking the most kind of
Adam for guidance.
When it's content, they do what you have
to hear.
So linguistically,
istikhal, this concept in Islam means to ask
the most kind of our guidance.
Then he did it again, and he caught
it again. And the 3rd time, and, eventually,
he gave up, and he said to the
prophet, I'm not gonna do any harm to
you. And the prophet
gave him a pledge in writing that if
I ever come back to my bed, you'll
be safe and secure.
And And the story is beautiful. It's in
the books of Syria. You can check it
out. So this is one way to do
it.
The other way
that they did before Islam and all these
are superstitious
to these.
So
one way was to catch a bird, like
a pigeon or something, and you let it
fly. So if it goes to the right,
then you're gonna go ahead and do it.
If it goes to the left, you don't
do anything.
And they didn't say what if it goes
straight up.
See number 13, people still follow these superstitious
things to make decision.
Okay?
Nowadays, people do it a little bit differently,
and I'm talking about Muslims. So,
say, for example, if you wanna make a
decision and I'm talking about college students,
So for example, they read the paper, and
it tells them, for example,
you're gonna have a financial,
disaster disaster at the end of the month,
then it turns out to be the answer.
You're gonna pay your bills.
Next week because my flight was canceled. So
this is good news for
little brothers.
Something like this. The palm reading, so they
look at the lines in your palm and
they say, oh, I'm straight lines. You see,
vertical lines and horizontal lines. This is gonna
happen to you. And, indeed, all these are
superstitious beliefs
because no one knows Alayd, the unseen,
the unknown, except Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
It works sometimes,
but most of the time, it doesn't work.
It sometimes it's a coincidence,
and sometimes it just happened. Only Allah subhanahu
wa'ala knows. It's a test for some people.
And if it says something positive, like, in
the
if it's positive,
then okay. So I'm not gonna do it.
If it is if it says something negative,
like, jahannam
or pie sprit or something like this,
something
negative, then they do it. And I heard
this true story.
But you shouldn't do it, and you must
not do it in halal
things. But with a thing, like, a totally
glory thing, for example.
Permissible things like, if someone is getting married,
this is a permissible thing.
Recommended things. Like, say, for example, we have
some money for sadaqa
and you are thinking, should I give it
to this food or to the mosque or
where should I put it? So unique is
tafara, in this case, in recommended thing. It's
a good thing.
Okay? So, this is another example for something
in which is
is permissible.
The third type which is,
you cannot do istikhara to choose something Haram.
So what about if a sister wants to
do istikhara and she is in the height,
you know, during the time of the month
where she's not able to pray, the monthly
cycle and she won't she has to do
istikhara. Actually, she she won't buy a house
or a car, she want a child of
a ruin and she has to do istikhar.
So, there are the Masay in this case,
she would say the Dua, but she doesn't
have to pray because she's not, you know,
she doesn't have
the time after the sha'ud and before salah
is also a good time for Torah as
well. So it is acceptable in this case.
So you pray the 2 rakah, then you
say the dua, you say, oh, Allah,
I seek
guidance through your knowledge,
and I seek help through your might.
And you are the giver of all values.
O Allah,
Oh, Allah. You have all knowledge, and I
have none.
You have all power, and have none.
And below all things hidden. Oh, Allah. If
you know that this particular thing, marriage
or studying or travel is good for me
in this life or in the next life,
make it easy for me and bless it
for me and give it to God again.
But, oh, Allah, if you know that this
thing is not good for me in this
life or the next life, Keep it away
from me and keep me away from it,
and choose what is good for me and
listen for me.
So why does the Quran talk to them
say turn keep it away from me and
keep me away from it?
You. But, what about you? Maybe your your
love is still in your heart that you
are you are devastated.
So you're saying, oh, Allah, if you choose
something else from me, so keep it away
from me and keep me away from it
as well. And give me what is good
for me and took back at it. So
this is the way to do salah this
Allah Subhanahu wa'am. I think it was finished
with the
So what do you do after you pray?
Well, you go ahead with your plan.
Of course, as you said, you pray, you
also have a lot of guidance.
But you also ask people for the
So some of the scholars say it's a
it's a new thing. You will never fail
if you ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Adam
for guidance and you ask the people for
advice and you take your time and examine
the whole situation
further opinion. The, that was bad and also
when
he asked his wife,
what should I do? So there's nothing wrong
if you ask people for their advice as
well.
Then, initially,
you will see that the most common will
open your heart to do the things or
things are working out nicely for you. At
the end of the day, the most common
will give you whatever is good for you
and he will take away from you whatever
is bad for you. Because sometimes, he will
give you something that you don't like, but
it is the best for you. Because sometimes
he will give you something that you don't
like, but it is the best for you.
Or something that Allah will keep away from
you. Will go to love it, but it
is the
worst thing for you. So Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala does what is best. So, eventually, you
do is to call asking the Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala for his guidance. So, eventually, you
do is to call asking the
So eventually, you do is sika'a asking Allah
subhanahu wa'ala for his guidance, but most importantly,
if it doesn't work out or if you
make a mistake
doing it, then
you brought a thing.