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      "title": "Istikharah (seeking Allah's Counsel)",
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      "id": "entry-000074",
      "slug": "istikharah-seeking-allahs-counsel",
      "title": "Istikharah (seeking Allah's Counsel)",
      "type": "invocation",
      "collectionId": "hisn-al-muslim",
      "chapterId": "chapter-000026",
      "sourceReference": "74",
      "tags": [
        "prayer-and-the-masjid",
        "knowledge-and-guidance"
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        {
          "id": "religion-life-outcome",
          "label": "Religion, life, and outcome wording",
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              "type": "instruction",
              "arabic": "قَالَ جَابرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: كَانَ رسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُعَلِّمُنَا الْاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، يَقُولُ: إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ، ثُمَّ لْيَقُلْ:",
              "text": "On the authority of Jabir Ibn ʿAbdullah, he said:’The Prophet would instruct us to pray for guidance in all of our concerns, just as he would teach us a chapter from the Quran. He would say’ If any of you intends to undertake a matter then let him pray two supererogatory units two rakʿah nafilah of prayer and after which he should supplicate:"
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                  "dua": {
                    "id": "dua-000080",
                    "arabic": "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأمْرَ {{need}} خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ",
                    "transliteration": "Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika l-ʿaẓīmi; fa innaka taqdiru walā aqdiru, wa taʿlamu walā aʿlamu, wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi, allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾmra {{need}} khayrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa iqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thmma bārik lī fīhi, waʾin kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾamra sharrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa iṣrifhu ʿannī wa iṣrifnī ʿanhu wa iqdur liya l-khayra ḥaythu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih",
                    "translation": "‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this affair {{need}} to be good for me in relation to my religion, my life, and end, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me towards my religion, my life, and end, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.",
                    "references": [],
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                        "key": "need",
                        "instruction": "Mention the matter for which you seek guidance."
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                  "id": "recording-000072",
                  "reciterId": "reciter-0001",
                  "url": "https://audio.opendua.org/hisn/v0.0.2/OD-074.mp3",
                  "durationSeconds": 96
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          "id": "immediate-and-later",
          "label": "Immediate and later wording",
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              "type": "instruction",
              "arabic": "قَالَ جَابرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: كَانَ رسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُعَلِّمُنَا الْاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، يَقُولُ: إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ، ثُمَّ لْيَقُلْ:",
              "text": "On the authority of Jabir Ibn ʿAbdullah, he said:’The Prophet would instruct us to pray for guidance in all of our concerns, just as he would teach us a chapter from the Quran. He would say’ If any of you intends to undertake a matter then let him pray two supererogatory units two rakʿah nafilah of prayer and after which he should supplicate:"
            },
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              "type": "recitation",
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                  "dua": {
                    "id": "dua-000262",
                    "arabic": "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأمْرَ {{need}} خَيْرٌ لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ",
                    "transliteration": "Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika l-ʿaẓīmi; fa innaka taqdiru walā aqdiru, wa taʿlamu walā aʿlamu, wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi, allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾmra {{need}} khayrun lī fī ʿājili amrī wa ājilihi fa iqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thmma bārik lī fīhi, waʾin kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾamra sharrun lī fī ʿājili amrī wa ājilihi fa iṣrifhu ʿannī wa iṣrifnī ʿanhu wa iqdur liya l-khayra ḥaythu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih",
                    "translation": "‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this affair {{need}} to be good for me in relation to the immediate and later consequences of my affair, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me in relation to the immediate and later consequences of my affair, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.",
                    "references": [],
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                        "key": "need",
                        "instruction": "Mention the matter for which you seek guidance."
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    {
      "id": "entry-000133",
      "slug": "if-you-are-stricken-by-doubt-in-your-faith-1",
      "title": "Invocations for if you are stricken by doubt in your faith (1 of 3)",
      "type": "instruction",
      "collectionId": "hisn-al-muslim",
      "chapterId": "chapter-000040",
      "sourceReference": "133",
      "tags": [
        "knowledge-and-guidance",
        "protection-and-refuge"
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      "steps": [
        {
          "type": "instruction",
          "arabic": "يَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللَّهِ و يَنْتَهِي عَمَّا شك فِيهِ",
          "text": "Say: I seek refuge in Allah. Then you should desist from doing what you are in doubt about."
        }
      ]
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    {
      "id": "entry-000134",
      "slug": "if-you-are-stricken-by-doubt-in-your-faith-2",
      "title": "Invocations for if you are stricken by doubt in your faith (2 of 3)",
      "type": "invocation",
      "collectionId": "hisn-al-muslim",
      "chapterId": "chapter-000040",
      "sourceReference": "134",
      "tags": [
        "knowledge-and-guidance",
        "protection-and-refuge"
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          "id": "standard",
          "steps": [
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              "type": "instruction",
              "arabic": "يَقُولُ:",
              "text": "He should say:"
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              "type": "recitation",
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                  "dua": {
                    "id": "dua-000145",
                    "arabic": "آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ",
                    "transliteration": "Āmantu bi-llāhi wa rusulih",
                    "translation": "I have believed in Allah and His Messenger.",
                    "references": []
                  }
                }
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                  "id": "recording-000134",
                  "reciterId": "reciter-0001",
                  "url": "https://audio.opendua.org/hisn/v0.0.2/OD-134.mp3",
                  "durationSeconds": 5
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    {
      "id": "entry-000135",
      "slug": "if-you-are-stricken-by-doubt-in-your-faith-3",
      "title": "Invocations for if you are stricken by doubt in your faith (3 of 3)",
      "type": "invocation",
      "collectionId": "hisn-al-muslim",
      "chapterId": "chapter-000040",
      "sourceReference": "135",
      "tags": [
        "knowledge-and-guidance",
        "protection-and-refuge"
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      "references": [],
      "variations": [
        {
          "id": "standard",
          "steps": [
            {
              "type": "instruction",
              "arabic": "يَقْرَأُ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى:",
              "text": "He should also recite the following verse:"
            },
            {
              "type": "recitation",
              "items": [
                {
                  "dua": {
                    "id": "dua-000146",
                    "arabic": "﴿هُوَ الْأوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظّاهِرُ وَالْباطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ﴾",
                    "transliteration": "Huwa l-ʾwwalu wa-l-ʾākhiru wa aẓ-ẓhiru wa-l-bṭinu wahuwa bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm",
                    "translation": "He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He has full knowledge of everything.",
                    "references": []
                  }
                }
              ],
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                {
                  "id": "recording-000135",
                  "reciterId": "reciter-0001",
                  "url": "https://audio.opendua.org/hisn/v0.0.2/OD-135.mp3",
                  "durationSeconds": 10
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      "id": "dua-000080",
      "arabic": "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأمْرَ {{need}} خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ",
      "transliteration": "Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika l-ʿaẓīmi; fa innaka taqdiru walā aqdiru, wa taʿlamu walā aʿlamu, wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi, allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾmra {{need}} khayrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa iqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thmma bārik lī fīhi, waʾin kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾamra sharrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa iṣrifhu ʿannī wa iṣrifnī ʿanhu wa iqdur liya l-khayra ḥaythu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih",
      "translation": "‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this affair {{need}} to be good for me in relation to my religion, my life, and end, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me towards my religion, my life, and end, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.",
      "references": [],
      "placeholders": [
        {
          "key": "need",
          "instruction": "Mention the matter for which you seek guidance."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dua-000262",
      "arabic": "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأمْرَ {{need}} خَيْرٌ لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ",
      "transliteration": "Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika l-ʿaẓīmi; fa innaka taqdiru walā aqdiru, wa taʿlamu walā aʿlamu, wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi, allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾmra {{need}} khayrun lī fī ʿājili amrī wa ājilihi fa iqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thmma bārik lī fīhi, waʾin kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾamra sharrun lī fī ʿājili amrī wa ājilihi fa iṣrifhu ʿannī wa iṣrifnī ʿanhu wa iqdur liya l-khayra ḥaythu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih",
      "translation": "‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this affair {{need}} to be good for me in relation to the immediate and later consequences of my affair, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me in relation to the immediate and later consequences of my affair, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.",
      "references": [],
      "placeholders": [
        {
          "key": "need",
          "instruction": "Mention the matter for which you seek guidance."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dua-000145",
      "arabic": "آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ",
      "transliteration": "Āmantu bi-llāhi wa rusulih",
      "translation": "I have believed in Allah and His Messenger.",
      "references": []
    },
    {
      "id": "dua-000146",
      "arabic": "﴿هُوَ الْأوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظّاهِرُ وَالْباطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ﴾",
      "transliteration": "Huwa l-ʾwwalu wa-l-ʾākhiru wa aẓ-ẓhiru wa-l-bṭinu wahuwa bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm",
      "translation": "He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He has full knowledge of everything.",
      "references": []
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "reciter-0001",
      "name": "Muhammad Jumah",
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      "id": "prayer-and-the-masjid",
      "title": "Prayer and the masjid",
      "description": "Going to the mosque, the adhan, and what is said inside the prayer and after it.",
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      "id": "protection-and-refuge",
      "title": "Protection and refuge",
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      "id": "knowledge-and-guidance",
      "title": "Knowledge and guidance",
      "description": "Istikharah and doubt in faith: seeking guidance.",
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