What is your opinion of the one who says
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The questioner: Our Shaykh, someone says: It is not permissible for the imam’s intention to differ from the intention of the one praying behind him, because the default ruling is that there is no evidence permitting a difference in intention. As for the hadith of Mu'adh: both of them were praying the night prayer, but for Mu'adh it was a voluntary prayer, while he was praying it as an obligatory prayer. Does that mean he prayed the obligatory night prayer?!
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: First of all: did the intention not differ here?
The questioner: In his opinion, it did not differ.
The Shaykh: No, what do I want with his opinion? May Allah guide you and him.
The questioner: Yes, I have the opinion that it did differ.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay.
The questioner: This is a voluntary prayer and that one is an obligatory prayer.
The Shaykh: So what do we want with his opinion? We are conveying it: Is the intention here different or the same? You are saying that in his opinion it is not different. How is it not different? If one person intended to pray the midday prayer, but came intending to pray a voluntary prayer at the time of the midday prayer, and he intended to pray the midday prayer but made a mistake and intended the voluntary prayer, is the prayer valid?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh: But according to his statement that there is no difference.
The questioner: Yes, he says: He prayed the obligatory night prayer, like a child when he prays the obligatory night prayer.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. Why are you repeating the words?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I do not understand what he is saying!
The questioner: I understood the answer.
The Shaykh: And why are you repeating? Let us see.
The questioner: But I am far away, even to remember his point, which is the issue that he compares it to the prayer of a child.
The Shaykh: My brother, you are not saying anything new. May Allah guide us and you.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: First of all: did the intention not differ here?
The questioner: In his opinion, it did not differ.
The Shaykh: No, what do I want with his opinion? May Allah guide you and him.
The questioner: Yes, I have the opinion that it did differ.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay.
The questioner: This is a voluntary prayer and that one is an obligatory prayer.
The Shaykh: So what do we want with his opinion? We are conveying it: Is the intention here different or the same? You are saying that in his opinion it is not different. How is it not different? If one person intended to pray the midday prayer, but came intending to pray a voluntary prayer at the time of the midday prayer, and he intended to pray the midday prayer but made a mistake and intended the voluntary prayer, is the prayer valid?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh: But according to his statement that there is no difference.
The questioner: Yes, he says: He prayed the obligatory night prayer, like a child when he prays the obligatory night prayer.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. Why are you repeating the words?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I do not understand what he is saying!
The questioner: I understood the answer.
The Shaykh: And why are you repeating? Let us see.
The questioner: But I am far away, even to remember his point, which is the issue that he compares it to the prayer of a child.
The Shaykh: My brother, you are not saying anything new. May Allah guide us and you.
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