Decisions define who we are. The paths we choose mark out our lives-who we marry, how we make a living, even our very names-all of these can be traced back to a decision that someone somewhere has made. This book is an essential guide for those who want to find goodness along the paths they have chosen in life. In this short work, the author presents a masterful treatment of the subject of the Prophetic sunnah of Istikharah, the supplication for those faced with a decision.

About the Author

The author, Ayub ibn Mawlana Muhammad Jeena, is an accomplished scholar and well versed in legal verdicts (ifta). He began his religious training at a very young age. This lead to him memorising the Quran soon after. He then focused on recitation and the science of Quranic exegesis. Ayub ibn Mawlana Muhammad devoted three further years to religious study and then progressed to his main topic of interest, ifta. During this period he also studied the science of hadith with the great scholar Fadhl ar-Rahman Azami. He currently runs an institute for higher Islamic studies.