Is the intention obligatory for every ablution?

Question : Hello, yes, peace be upon you. The sister questioner says: Is the intention obligatory for every ablution for prayer, O Shaykh?

Answer : There is no need for this question. Perhaps she means: Is the ablution obligatory for every prayer? If that is what you mean, then ablution for every prayer is not obligatory. As long as a person is in a state of ablution, he may pray as much as he wishes. Even if he performed ablution for the Fajr prayer and did not perform ablution again until after the 'Isha' prayer, all the prayers he prayed between the ablution and the state of ritual impurity are valid.
As for the issue of intention, the intention is not something difficult. It is not something hard. Every person who gets up and performs ablution has the intention of ablution. It cannot be otherwise.
Because any act performed by a sane person who is free to act will be with an intention, without a doubt. For this reason, we say to our brothers: Do not strain yourselves to acquire the intention. The intention is present. From the moment you get up, turn on the water tap, and perform ablution as prescribed in the Book and the Sunnah, you have taken