SALL said: in the 2nd one it says..
* After doing salat-l-istikhara, you may feel more inclined toward a decision one way or the other.
cant get it... i ll obviously feel inclined toward the decision I want to take
how wd i know wot Allah miyan wants me to do
its confusinnggggg...
wot abt the other method,, with Quran pak ??
can someone help..
The whole purpose of Istikharah is to be guided to what is BEST for you.
Ive attended a few lectures and talked to a few students on knowledge on the subject on istakhara. Here is my take on it...
When making a decision (about anything) the first one to consult is Allah. After that people, then making the decision. Istakhara is the act of consulting Allah. You are asking Allah (swt) to guide you to what is BEST for YOU.
After Istakhara you do Istisharah, which is consulting people. You go to peopel and seek thier advise on the decision you want to make. Once you have done that you make your decision.
An Example i can give you from my life:
Toward the end of 2004 i was to attend a conference in Texas. I was undecided to go there by plane or car. I told my travel partner to do istikhara on the matter and so did I. After making istikhara i was leaning toward the plane trip. I consulted some of my friends and parents and they suggested that i take the plane. So me took the plane. Allah (swt) guided me to take the place b.c that was the best for me
In a lecture on Istakharah a sister came up to the sheikh and told him that she did istikhara concerning her Husband, whether to marry him or not. Everythign leaned toward getting married to him and so they got married. She found out that he was a monster, and a hypocrite. The sheiks response to her was that Istakharah leads people to that decision that will be best for them. Perhaps if she got married to a practicing man she herself would have become weak on deen.
THe entire purpose of Istakharah is to lead up to what is BEST for us. There isnt suppose to be a dream or a light from the sky or a deep voice in the middle of the night. Just that you will be leaning toward a certian decision or the bad option will become hard to get.
Wallahu Alam...hope this helped