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How do you do istikhara?
and what is the prayer that you read when doing istikhara?

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Re: How?

after isha prayer, offer 2 nafal and then recite the following dua

in the dua, replace the “amar” word with the thing you want to do .. .. and then sleep .. ..

P.S:
istikhara doens’t mean that Allah will show you if something is right or not .. .. it will just “incline” your heart towards the right deed and if there are any problems on way, Allah will help you to overcome them. thats a common misconception that you will see signals if something is right or not .. .. ..

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Have a look at the link t100 suggested.

try looking at this also http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?ID=1056.

T100 is right. Isthikhaara is only an indication and not a decision from Allah. Many times it can take a few attempts to receive a sign.
Keep on top of your namaz and ibaadat aswell.

May Allah help you in whatever your persuing. Ameen.

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Exactly, after Istikhara whatever your heart feels is right, you go with that decision. People have the misconception of getting a divine sign like a green light or something. And those instant istikhara's they do on tv shows, utterly laughable.

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YEAH!

i seen a programme the other day and there was this molvi behind a screen whose face they would not show (probably for legal reasosn i dont know) and people were ringing up and he just said "i dreamt about you last night, you should do this...".

now im sorry but how can you dream about someone you have o0nly been talking to for 5 minutes? on top of that, if someone said to me i dreamt about you, id end up questioning him saying what did you do to me?

utterly pathetic. follow your heart and if your imaan is there then you will have no problems.

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I once did it a lot…it was very important decision…i was literally 50 50… didn’t get any sign…and being double minded as i was…i took a decision…which so far hasn’t proven to be right…:bummer:

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It worked for me...i just had to do it once and no, I did not see anything in my dreams.
I just woke up a few times throughout the night and I felt like everything would be ok - It's not a feeling i can describe really, it was as if all the problems had been lifted away and I felt really light and positive...if that makes sense.

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Probably he is inspired by the movie “Inception” .. ??

never regret any decision .. have faith and believe and once you take some decision - stand for it

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Okay, I agree, Istikhara is for inclinations, but there are the ways bu which you can have open signals, as of "Yes" or "No".

Why are you people just laughing over the things you do not know?.

it is fine to be logical up to the knowledge you be-hold, but there are the things beyond it as well, so one if not accepting it, at least should not describe it Laughable.

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I don’t ‘be-hold’ that someone who I just asked a question already happened to dream about me last night :chai: