HADITH: Solat Istikharah
وَأَسْــتـَـقـْــدِرُكَ بـِقـُــدْرَتـِكَ
وَأَسْــأَلـُـــكَ مِـنْ فـَــضْــلـِــكَ الـْـعـَـظِــيـْـمِ
فـَـإِنـَّــكَ تـَـقـْــدِرُ وَلا أَقـْـدِرُ
وَتـَـعْـلـَـمُ وَلا أَعْـلـَــمُ، وَأَنـْـتَ عَـلاَّمُ الـْـغـُـيـُـوْبِ
الـلـَّـهُـمَّ إِنْ كـُــنـْـتَ تـَـعْــلـَـمُ
أَنَّهـَذ َا الأَمْـرَخـَيـْـرٌ لـِــي
(فِــي دِيـْــنِــي وَمَعـَـاشِــي وَعَــاقِـبَـةِ أَمْـرِي)
(- أوْ قـَـالَعـَـاجـِـل ِ أ َمْر ِى وَآجـِـلِهِ)
فـَـاقـْـدُرْهُ لِـي وَيَسِّـرْهُ لِــي ثـُــمَّ بَـارِكْ لِـي فـِـيْهِ
وَإِنْ كـُـنـْـتَ تـَـعْـلـَـمُ أَنَّهَـذ َا الأَمْـرَشَـرٌّ لِــي
( فِي دِيـْــنِـي وَمَـعَـاشِـي وَعَـاقـِـبَـةِ أَمْـرِِي)
(- أوْ قـَـالَفـِـى عـَـاجـِـل ِ أ َمْر ِى وَآجـِـلِهِ)
فـَاصْر ِفـْـهُ عَــنـِّي وَاصْـر ِفـْنِـي عَـنـْهُ
وَاقـْدُرْ لِيَ الـْخَـيْرَ حَـيْثُ كَانَ ثـُـمَّ أَرْضِـنِي بـِـهِ
dan aku memohon keputusan dengan kekuasaanMu
dan aku memohon kepadaMU dari keutamaanMu yang besar,
sesungguhnya Engkau mampu sedangkan aku tidak mampu
dan Engkau mengetahui sedangkan aku tidak mengetahui dan Engkau mengetahui urusan-urusan yang ghaib.
Ya Allah, jikalau Engkau mengetahui
bahawa urusan ini baik bagiku
(dalam agamaku dan kehidupanku serta akhir urusanku)
atau sebut (buat masa kini dan akan datang)
maka takdirkanlah bagiku dan mudahkanlah bagiku kemudian berkatilah aku di dalamnya.
Apabila Engkau mengetahui bahawa urusan ini buruk bagiku
(dalam agamaku, kehidupanku dan akhir urusanku)
atau sebut (buat masa kini dan akan datang)
maka singkirkanlah ia daripadaku
dan takdirkanlah kebaikan bagiku di mana pun jua kemudian jadikanlah aku reda dengannya.
(Hadith riwayat Imam Bukhari r.alaih. Bab solat sunat dua rakaat, dua rakaat. bil. 1162)
On the authority of Jabir Ibn Abdullah r.anhuma, he said:
“The Prophet r would instruct us to pray for guidance in all of our concerns, just as he would teach us a chapter from the Quran. He r would say “If any of you intends to undertake a matter then let him pray two supererogatory units (two rakaah nafilah) of prayer and after which he should supplicate:
‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen.
O Allah, if You know this affair -and here he mentions his need-
to be good for me in relation to my religion, my life, and end, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it,
and if You know this affair to be ill for me towards my religion, my life, and end, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.”
One who seeks guidance from his Creator and consults his fellow believers and then remains firm in his resolve does not regret, for Allah has said:
(chapter 3 verse 159)
‘…and consult them in the affair. Then when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah…’
Rujukan:
(1)http://transliteration.org/quran/home.htm
(2) فضيلة الشيخ محمد يوسف الكاندهلوى حفـظه لله تعالى. ١٤١٨ه. الأحاديث المنتحبة فى الصفات الست للدعوة إلى الله تعالى. نظام الدين دلهى الجديدة (الهند). مكتبة فيض عام. صفحة: ١٤١ -١٤٢
(3) Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Al-Kandahlawi. MUNTAKHAB AHADITH (Terjemahan B. Melayu). 2004. Kuala Lumpur: Klang Book Centre. m.s. 247-248
(4)Haji Mohamad Jajuli Abd. Rahman. SOLAT-SOLAT SUNAT. 2005. Selangor: Wholesale-mart Business Point Sdn. Bhd. m.s 69