Question Summary:
Can you please advise me whether I should accept this dream as guidance on my original question for istikarah (although Istikarah was not performed on this night), or whether the dream is not valid?

Question Detail:

Last year I started my ACCA, and since then I have been wondering whether this has been the right decision for me.  I have been extremely confused about which career I want to go into and as a result, I decided last week to do Istikarah to help me to make this decision.

 
 
I started to do istikhara early last week on whether ACCA is the right profession for me, and if it isn’t, to show me another path.  However, I didn’t get a dream on the 1st night, so I decided to continue for the next 7 days.  On the 4th day however, I couldn’t perform Istikarah and therefore, this broke the practice.  Nevertheless, a couple of days later, I had a dream that it was summer time and I was told by my manager that I would be losing my job.  At this point, I was upset and crying because I realised that I would have no money but at the same time I was also relieved as I felt it was the right thing to do.  Furthermore, I woke up from my dream feeling relieved.

 
 
Can you please advise me whether I should accept this dream as guidance on my original question for istikarah (although Istikarah was not performed on this night), or whether the dream is not valid?

Answer :

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Our opinion is that you continue with your istikhara. You should also seek advice from appropriate people and make a decision based on that.
And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best


Wassalamu Alaykum


Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah
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