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1. Ibn Taimiyyah said, "He who seeks guidance from the Creator and consults the creatures will never regret it". الاسْتِخَارَةُ لُغَةً : طَلَبُ الْخِيَرَةِ فِي الشَّيْءِ . يُقَالُ : اسْتَخِرْ اللَّهَ يَخِرْ لَك . وَاصْطِلَاحًا : طَلَبُ الاخْتِيَارِ . أَيْ طَلَبُ صَرْفِ الْهِمَّةِ لِمَا هُوَ الْمُخْتَارُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَالأَوْلَى , بِالصَّلاةِ , أَوْ الدُّعَاءِ الْوَارِدِ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ . وهي : طلب الخيرة في شيء ، وهي استفعال من الخير أو من الخيرة – بكسر أوله وفتح ثانيه ، بوزن العنبة ، واسم من قولك خار الله له ، واستخار الله : طلب منه الخيرة ، وخار الله له : أعطاه ما هو خير له ، والمراد : طلب خير الأمرين لمن احتاج إلى أحدهما .
2. For the most part, this consists of people assuming that seeing a dream from Allah, regarding the situation being 'good' or 'bad' is a vital part of Istikharah.
3. The word Istikhara directly means, to ask Allah to guide one to the right sort of action concerning a job or deed. 'Khair' means good (asking Allah to guide you to the good or right answer).
4. Istikhara (Arabic) means to ask Allah to guide one to the right thing concerning any affair in one's life, especially when one has to choose between two permissible alternatives.
5. We are taught from a very young age to ask Allah for a suitable life partner, this is also a sort of Istikhara.
6. In the time of marriage or finding a life partner, people ask their relatives to do Istikharah as well.
7. Often times people mistake Istikharah for having a different meaning than it truly does.
8. Many people say that the 2 Rak'ah of Nafl prayer should be read after Isha'a only because one can go to sleep directly after, and see a dream (if that's meant to happen).
9. However, the most important people in this marriage are the guy and girl getting married.
10. Meaning, you're not asking Allah to show you a vision, through a dream.
11. Be certain that you can't get two different answers from Allah, it's a mistake in our own interpretation.
12. For example, if something comes up, and you only have a few moments to make a decision, you can still do Istikhara because it's technically just a prayer.
13. If two people get contradicting dreams it could mean that the message was actually the same but misinterpreted.