39. Marriage

٣٩۔ كِتَابُ النِّكَاحِ

39.141 [Machine] The use of istikhara in the sermon and other situations.

٣٩۔١٤١ بَابُ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ فِي الْخُطْبَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا قَدْ مَضَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ فِي آخِرِ كِتَابِ الْحَجِّ وَفِي كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ

bayhaqi:13837Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > al-Walīd b. Abū al-Walīd > Ayyūb b. Khālid b. Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Keep your speech secret, then perform ablution and perfect your ablution, then pray what Allah has prescribed for you. Then praise and glorify your Lord, and say: O Allah, You are capable and I am not capable, You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. So, if you see goodness for me in Fulanah (mention the person's name), and naming her is good for my religion, worldly affairs, and Hereafter, then decree it for me. And if there is goodness for me in someone other than her in my religion, worldly affairs, and Hereafter, then decree it for me."  

البيهقي:١٣٨٣٧وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أنبأ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَيُّوبَ بْنَ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اكْتُمِ الْخِطْبَةَ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأْ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوءَكَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَكَ ثُمَّ احْمَدْ رَبَّكَ وَمَجِّدْهُ ثُمَّ قُلْ اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ لِي فُلَانَةَ وَتُسَمِّيهَا بِاسْمِهَا خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي فَاقْدِرْهَا لِي وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرُهَا خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي فَاقْدِرْهَا لِي