دعاء الأستخارة

Istikhara in the language is asking for the best in something, and the prayer of istikharah is asking for the best from God Almighty. It is a worship in Islam, not a specific time.

And it is for the Muslim to pray two rak’ahs other than the obligatory prayer and give the salutation, then praise God and pray for His Prophet, then supplicate with the text of the supplication that Imam Bukhari narrated:

«اللهُمَّ إنِّي أسْتَخيرُكَ بعِلْمِكَ، وأسْتَقْدِرُكَ بقُدْرَتِكَ، وأسْألُكَ مِنْ فضلِكَ العَظِيم، فإنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ ولا أقْدِرُ، وتَعْلَمُ ولا أعْلَمُ، وأنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الغُيوبِ، اللهُمَّ إنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أن هذَا الأمرَ -ويسمي الشيء الذي يريده- خَيرٌ لي في دِيني ومَعَاشي وعَاقِبَةِ أمْري عَاجِلهِ وآجِلِهِ فاقْدُرْهُ To me and facilitate it for me, then he blessed me in it, and if you know that this matter is evil for me in my debt and my porridge and the punishment of my command, his urgent, and his sake, so he will be forgotten, and he will be forgotten,
The importance of istikharah
Where a person is exposed in his life to many unseen matters and results, and he presents to matters of unknown consequences, he does not know their good or evil, whether he performs this work or not, so God prescribed istikharah prayer as a treatment for hesitation, and a solution to the problem so that hesitation turns into stability and doubt with certainty, so he becomes reassured and calm. The mind is content with what God has destined for it, even if it is apparently evil, because it has surrendered to its Lord and puts its trust in Him. It is an important act of worship that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, was keen to teach to his companions.