Hum se Ibrahim bin al-Munzhir ne bayan kiya, kaha hamase Ma'n bin Esa ne bayan kiya, kaha mujh se Abd-ul-Rahman bin Abi al-Muwali ne bayan kiya, kaha ke main ne Muhammad bin al-Munkadir se suna, woh Abdullah bin Hasan se bayan karte thay, unhon ne kaha ke mujhe Jabir bin Abdullah Salmi razi Allahu anhune khabar di, unhon ne kaha ke Rasool Allah salla Allahu alaihi wasallam apne sahabah ko har mubah kaam mein istikhara karna sikhate thay jis tarah Aap Quran ki surat sikhate thay. Aap salla Allahu alaihi wasallam farmate thay ke jab tum mein se koi kisi kaam ka maqsud kare to usay chahiye ke farz ke siwa do rakaat nafl namaz parhe, phir salam ke baad yeh dua kare ”Ae Allah! main tere ilm ke tufayl is kaam mein khairiyat talab karta hoon aur teri qudrat ke tufayl taqat maangta hoon aur tera fazhal. Kyunke tujhe qudrat hai aur mujhe nahi ‘, tu jaanta hai aur main nahi jaanta aur tu ghuyoob ka bahut jaanne wala hai. Ae Allah! pas agar tu yeh baat jaanta hai (is waqt istikhara karne wale ko is kaam ka naam lena chahiye) ke is kaam mein meere liye duniya wa aakhirat mein bhalayi hai ya is tarah farmaya ke ”meere deen mein aur guzraan mein aur meere har anjam ke aitbar se bhalayi hai to is par mujhe qadir bana de aur meere liye usay aasaan kar de, phir is mein meere liye barkat ata farma. Ae Allah! aur agar tu jaanta hai ke yeh kaam meere liye bura hai. meere deen aur guzraah ke aitbar se aur meere anjam ke aitbar se, ya farmaya ke meri duniya wa deen ke aitbar se to mujhe is kaam se door kar de aur meere liye bhalayi muqaddar kar de jahan bhi woh ho aur phir mujhe is par raazi aur khush rakkh.