✅ Answer: Please pay attention to a few types of Istikhara prayers:

1 عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَیْثٍ قال:قال أَبُوعَبْداللَّهِ صَلِّ رَکْعَتَیْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ مُسْلِمٌ إِلَّا خَارَ لَهُ الْبَتَّةَ

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 470

Imam Sadiq, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 'Perform a two-rak'ah prayer and ask Allah for goodness, for by Allah, no Muslim asks Allah for goodness except that Allah will surely grant and deliver goodness to him!'

2️⃣ Jabir said: 'Imam Baqir, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 'When Imam Sajjad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, intended to perform an act like Hajj, Umrah, selling, buying, or freeing a slave, he would purify himself (by performing wudu or ghusl) and then perform a two-rak'ah Istikhara prayer. In those two rak'ahs, he would recite the chapter Al-Hashr and the chapter Al-Rahman (in the first rak'ah after Al-Fatiha, he would recite Al-Hashr, and in the second rak'ah after Al-Fatiha, he would recite Al-Rahman). And when he finished, while sitting after those two rak'ahs, he would recite the chapters An-Nas, Al-Falaq, and Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, and then he would say:'

اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ کَانَ «کَذَا وَ کَذَا» خَیْراً لِی فِی دِینِی وَ دُنْیَایَ وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِی وَ آجِلِهِ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ یَسِّرْهُ لِی عَلَی أَحْسَنِ الْوُجُوهِ وَ أَجْمَلِهَا اللَّهُمَّ وَ إِنْ کَانَ «کَذَا وَ کَذَا» شَرّاً لِی فِی دِینِی وَ دُنْیَایَ وَ آخِرَتِی وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِی وَ آجِلِهِ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اصْرِفْهُ عَنِّی رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اعْزِمْ لِی عَلَی رُشْدِی وَ إِنْ کَرِهْتُ ذَلِکَ أَوْ أَبَتْهُ نَفْسِی

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 470

✅ In place of 'so-and-so,' the intended matter is mentioned, or while having the intention for that matter, one says 'this matter' instead of 'so-and-so.'

3 عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عن أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قال: قُلْتُ لَهُ رُبَّمَا أَرَدْتُ الْأَمْرَ یَفْرُقُ مِنِّی فَرِیقَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا یَأْمُرُنِی وَ الْآخَرُ یَنْهَانِی قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا کُنْتَ کَذَلِکَ فَصَلِّ رَکْعَتَیْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَحْزَمَ الْأَمْرَیْنِ لَکَ فَافْعَلْهُ فَإِنَّ الْخِیَرَةَ فِیهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لْتَکُنِ اسْتِخَارَتُکَ فِی عَافِیَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا خِیرَ لِلرَّجُلِ فِی قَطْعِ یَدِهِ وَ مَوْتِ وَلَدِهِ وَ ذَهَابِ مَالِهِ

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 472

Ishaq ibn Ammar said: 'I said to Imam Sadiq, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 'Sometimes I intend to do something, and two thoughts arise in me: one commands me to do it, and the other forbids me!'

The Imam said: 'When you are in this state, perform a two-rak'ah prayer and ask Allah for goodness 101 times, and then look at what is most firm and trustworthy for you and do that, for God willing, goodness is in it, and your asking for goodness should be for well-being, for sometimes a person's goodness is given to him in the cutting off of his hand, or the death of his child, or the loss of his property!'

✅ The phrase 'Istikhara in well-being' has been reported in the narrations as follows:

أَسْتَخِیرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ خِیَرَةً فِی عَافِیَةٍ

4 رَوَی مُرَازِمٌ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِاللَّهِ علیه السلام قَالَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُکُمْ شَیْئاً فَلْیُصَلِّ رَکْعَتَیْنِ ثُمَّ لْیَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لْیُثْنِ عَلَیْهِ وَ لْیُصَلِّ عَلَی النَّبِیِّ وَ یَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ کَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَیْراً لِی فِی دِینِی وَ دُنْیَایَ فَیَسِّرْهُ لِی وَ قَدِّرْهُ لِی وَ إِنْ کَانَ غَیْرَ ذَلِکَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّی قَالَ مُرَازِمٌ فَسَأَلْتُ أَیُّ شَیْءٍ یُقْرَأُ فِیهِمَا فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فِیهِمَا مَا شِئْتَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَاقْرَأْ فِیهِمَا بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ یَا أَیُّهَا الْکَافِرُونَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآن

📚 Al-Faqih, vol. 1, p. 562

Imam Sadiq, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 'When one of you intends to do something, he should perform a two-rak'ah prayer, praise Allah, and send blessings upon the Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, and say:'

اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ کَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَیْراً لِی فِی دِینِی وَ دُنْیَایَ فَیَسِّرْهُ لِی وَ قَدِّرْهُ لِی وَ إِنْ کَانَ غَیْرَ ذَلِکَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّی

Mazarem said: 'I asked: 'What is recited in those two rak'ahs (after the chapter Al-Fatiha)?' He said: 'Recite any chapter you wish, and if you wish, recite the chapters Al-Tawhid and Al-Kafirun, and the chapter Al-Tawhid is one-third of the Quran!'

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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