It was reported that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, used to teach his companions Istikharah just as he taught them a surah from the Qur’an. It was reported that he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, used to command two rak’ahs to be prayed for her.

He made the supplication following the two rak’ahs that he prayed for her after the greeting. And it is desirable for him to recite in the first rak’ah the Fatiha of the Book and the Almighty’s saying: “And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses whatever is better for them” or Surah “Say, ‘O you disbelievers.” And in the second rak’ah he recites the Fatiha of the Book and “Say: He is God, One” and says the supplication narrated in that following the greeting .