How does a menstruating woman perform the istikhaarah. Sh. Abu Hamza Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shu'ayb

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

🔹Question:

How does a menstruating woman perform Istikhaarah?

May Allah bless you Oh Shaykh.

🔸Answer:

From the angle of:

(فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ)

"So keep your duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can"

[Taghaabun:16]

It's permissible to limit (Istikharah) to just the supplication.

Shaykh Bin Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

"It’s recommended (Mustahab) to do Istikharaah even if it’s without the prayer. 

That a person seeks to ask their Lord and seek guidance from Him, regardless wether it's a woman doing this or a man, and the same applies wether a woman is menstruating, all of this is fine.

However, it being after the prayer then this is better, it would be a Istikhaarah alongside the prayer acting upon the Sunnah (in this).

A person prays two units of prayer, then asks their Lord and seeks guidance from Him regardless if he was a man or a woman.

But if a woman happened to be menstruating or it was to be a matter which could not wait, then Istikhaarah can be made without a prayer and there’s no issue with this. 

They supplicate to their Lord and Alhamdulilah; Allah says: 

(ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ)

“Call upon me I will answer you”

[Ghaafir:60]

And Istikhaarah is a supplication directed to Allah."

[End of speech]

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Translated by: 

Umm Habiba bint Nasir bin Mahmood

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