- How to pray istikharah prayer :
Pray two rikah other than fard prayers and then supplicate with these words
2. Dua of istikhara : دعاء الإستخارة
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ
فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ
وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي
فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي
فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ
وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي
فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي
فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ
وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي
O Allah! I ask guidance from Your knowledge,
And Power from Your Might and I ask for Your great blessings.
You are capable and I am not. You know and I do not
and You know the unseen.
O Allah! If You know that this matter is
good for my religion and my subsistence and in my Hereafter
Then You ordain it for me and make it easy for me to get,
And then bless me in it,
and if You know that this matter is harmful to me
In my religion and subsistence and in the Hereafter
Then keep it away from me and let me be away from it.
And ordain for me whatever is good for me,
And make me satisfied with it
Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi ilmik, wa astaqdiruka biqudratik, wa as'aluka min faḍlika ‘l-Aẓīm,
fa’innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdir,
wa talamu wa lā alam,
wa anta allāmu ‘l-ghuyūb, Allāhumma in kunta talamu anna hādha ‘l-amra
Khayrun lī fī dīnī wa maāshī waāqibati amrī
faqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī
thumma bārik lī fīh,
wa in kunta talamu anna hādha ‘l-amra sharrun lī fī dīnī wa maāshī wa āqibati 'amrī faṣrifhuannī waṣrifnī `anh,
waqdur liya ‘l-khayra ḥaythu kān,
thumma arḍinī bih.
3. Then the person should name (mention) his need
Istakhara Hadith : Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 21, Hadith Number 263.
Hadith:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to teach us the way of doing Istikhara (Istikhara means to ask Allah to guide one to the right sort of action concerning any matter or a deed), in all matters as he taught us the Suras of the Qur'an. He said, "If anyone of you thinks of doing any matter he should offer a two rakat prayer other than the compulsory ones and say (after the prayer): –O Allah! I ask guidance from Your knowledge, And Power from Your Might and I ask for Your great blessings. You are capable and I am not. You know and I do not and You know the unseen. O Allah! If You know that this matter is good for my religion and my subsistence and in my Hereafter–(or said: If it is better for my present and later needs)–Then You ordain it for me and make it easy for me to get, And then bless me in it, and if You know that this matter is harmful to me In my religion and subsistence and in the Hereafter–(or said: If it is worse for my present and later needs)–Then keep it away from me and let me be away from it. And ordain for me whatever is good for me, And make me satisfied with it. The Prophet added that then the person should name (mention) his need.