Is it permissible to perform the Istikhara prayer to choose a wife when one does not possess sufficient money for marriage, or must the money be available first, and then Istikhara is performed?
If you are unable to marry due to lack of money and are not proceeding with it, then there is no need for Istikharah; because it is prescribed when intending to do something or to leave it.
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