Istekhaarah with Rosary (Tasbeeh)

Text and Translation

Attributed to Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.)

It is worth mentioning that Allamah al-Majlisi has reported from his father that his mentor, Shaykh al-Baha’i, said: In one of their instructions, we heard from our mentors that the Rising Imam (al-Qa’im), may Allah hasten his reappearance, instructed a method of Istkhaarah with rosaries as follows: Hold the rosary in your hand and invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household three times.

You should then grasp two edges of the rosary randomly and pull each two beads together. If the remaining is one bead only, then you may do what you have intended to do. If the remaining is two beads, then you must not do it.