Summary of the ruling on changing the intention in prayer

Question : The question now is: Is it permissible to change from a specific prayer to a specific prayer, or not?

Answer : All right. From a specific prayer to a general one, or from a general one to a specific one, is not permissible. Well done. The reason for this is that a specific prayer must be intended from the beginning; it must be intended as that specific prayer from the start. As for moving from a specific prayer to a general one, the answer, as we have mentioned, is that when a man intends a specific prayer, the reality of the matter is that he intends two things with that intention: the intention of a general prayer and the intention of specifying the prayer, that it is for the midday prayer. So if he cancels that it is for the midday prayer, he has cancelled that it is a prayer.