قُلْتُ لَهُ رُبَّمَا أَرَدْتُ الْأَمْرَ يَفْرُقُ مِنِّي فَرِيقَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَأْمُرُنِي وَ الْآخَرُ يَنْهَانِي قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا كُنْتَ كَذَلِكَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَحْزَمَ الْأَمْرَيْنِ لَكَ فَافْعَلْهُ فَإِنَّ الْخِيَرَةَ فِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لْتَكُنِ اسْتِخَارَتُكَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا خِيرَ لِلرَّجُلِ فِي قَطْعِ يَدِهِ وَ مَوْتِ وَلَدِهِ وَ ذَهَابِ مَالِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Amro Bin Ibrahim, from Khalaf Bin Hammad, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Sometimes I intend the matter, so there separate for me two views, one of the two instructs me and the other one forbids me’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Whenever you are like that, so pray two Rak’at of <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and seek the Choice of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> one hundred and one times, then look at the most determined of the two matters for you, so do it, and the goodness would be in it, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing and your <span class="iTxt">Istikhara</span> would be in safety, for sometimes there is goodness for the man in the cutting-off of his hand, and a death of his child, and the loosing of his wealth’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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