Is it valid to perform Istikhara with Surat Al-Zalzalah, by reciting it seven times before sleep along with a specific supplication, and is this Istikhara considered sound?
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Asking for guidance (istikharah) in this manner is not sound and has no basis in the . Rather, it is a reprehensible innovation. Istikharah is only prescribed when a person contemplates a matter, in the manner that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, taught his Companions.
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