Not bringing to mind the intention to shorten the prayer at the time of the opening takbir
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The questioner:
The seventh question from the questioner: I pray the obligatory prayer in congregation, shortening it, and I make the intention for the specific prayer to be shortened. However, many times I do not bring the intention to mind at the time of the takbir. Is there anything required of me?
Another questioner:
Good. May Allah not distract you from time, O 'Atifan. May Allah guide you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
There is no blame in that, because the correct view is that the intention to shorten is not a condition. You know that you are a traveler who shortens the prayer. Yes.
The seventh question from the questioner: I pray the obligatory prayer in congregation, shortening it, and I make the intention for the specific prayer to be shortened. However, many times I do not bring the intention to mind at the time of the takbir. Is there anything required of me?
Another questioner:
Good. May Allah not distract you from time, O 'Atifan. May Allah guide you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
There is no blame in that, because the correct view is that the intention to shorten is not a condition. You know that you are a traveler who shortens the prayer. Yes.
Source
فتاوى الحج - ١ - ١٤٠٥ هـ — archive.org (9:25)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.