My Dua book

Dua of istikhara

Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem.

It is narrated by Jabir Bin Abdullah that the Prophet ( Sallallahu alaihi wassallam ) used to teach the way of doing istikhara in all matters as he taught us the Surah of the Qur'an.
(Sahih bukhari 1162)

اﻟﻠَّﻬُﻢَّ ﺇِﻧِّﻲ ﺃَﺳْﺘَﺨِﻴـﺮُﻙَ ﺑِﻌِﻠْﻤَﻚَ، ﻭَﺃﺳْﺘَﻘْﺪِﺭُﻙَ ﺑِﻘُﺪْﺭَﺗِﻚَ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ ﻣِﻦْ ﻓَﻀْﻠِﻚَ اﻟْﻌَﻈِﻴﻢِ، ﻓَﺈِﻧَّﻚَ ﺗَﻘْﺪِﺭُ ﻭَﻻَ ﺃَﻗْﺪِﺭُ، ﻭَﺗَﻌْﻠَﻢُ ﻭَﻻَ ﺃَﻋْﻠَﻢُ، ﻭَﺃَﻧْﺖَ ﻋَﻼَّﻡُ اﻟْﻐُﻴُﻮﺏِ، اﻟﻠَّﻬُﻢَّ ﺇِﻥْ ﻛُﻨْﺖَ ﺗَﻌْﻠَﻢُ ﺃَﻥَّ ﻫَﺬَا اﻷَﻣْﺮَ (ﻭَﻳُﺴَﻤِّﻲ ﺣَﺎﺟَﺘَﻪ) ﺧَﻴْﺮٌ  ﻟِﻲ ﻓِﻲ ﺩِﻳﻨِﻲ ﻭَﻣَﻌَﺎﺷِﻲ ﻭَﻋَﺎﻗِﺒَﺔِ ﺃَﻣْﺮِﻱ، ﻓَﺎﻗْﺪُﺭْﻩُ ﻟِﻲ ﻭَﻳَﺴِّﺮْﻩُ ﻟِﻲ ﺛُﻢَّ ﺑَﺎﺭِﻙْ ﻟِﻲ ﻓِﻴﻪِ، ﻭَﺇِﻥْ ﻛُﻨْﺖَ ﺗَﻌْﻠَﻢُ ﺃَﻥَّ ﻫَﺬَا اﻷَﻣْﺮَ ﺷَﺮٌّ ﻟِﻲ ﻓِﻲ ﺩِﻳﻨِﻲ ﻭَﻣَﻌَﺎﺷِﻲ ﻭَﻋَﺎﻗِﺒَﺔِ ﺃَﻣْﺮِﻱ، ﻓَﺎﺻْﺮِﻓْﻪُ ﻋَﻨِّﻲ ﻭَاﺻْﺮِﻓْﻨِﻲ ﻋَﻨْﻪُ ﻭَاﻗْﺪُﺭْ ﻟِﻲَ اﻟْﺨَﻴْﺮَ ﺣَﻴْﺚُ ﻛَﺎﻥَ ﺛُﻢَّ ﺃَﺭْﺿِﻨِﻲ ﺑِﻪ
Allahumma inni asta'qeeruka bi'ilmika wa'astakhdiruka wa'asaluka min fazlikal'azeem fa'innaka takhdeeruka wala akhdeeruka wa ta'lamu wala a'lamu wa anta allamul'ghuyoob
Allahumma in kunta ta'lamu anna hazal amra khairullee fee deeni wa ma'ashi wa akhibati amri fa'akdurhu lee wa yassir'hu lee summa baarik lee feehi wa'in kunta ta'lamu anna haazal amra sharrun lee fee deeni wa'ma'ashi wa aqeebati amri fa'asrif'hu anni wa'asrifnee anhu wa'aqdur lil'khairi haisu kaana summa aexeeni bihi.

Oh Allah! I seek goodness from your knowledge and with your power.I seek strength and I ask from you your great blessings because you have the power and I do not have the power.You know everything and I do not know and you have the knowledge of the unseen.If in your knowledge that this action is better for my religion and for here (in this world) and the hereafter then make it destined for me .And if in your knowledge the action is bad for me, bad for my religion and for here (in this world) and hereafter then turn it away from me and turn it away from it and whatever is better for em ordain that for me and make me satisfied with it.