What is the ruling on one who commits to verbalizing the intention when establishing the prayer?

The questioner: That is, if the prayer is established and one stands up... and one of them speaks to the other in any manner; is this considered an error, or is it considered a deficiency?

The Shaykh: The answer: First, there is a difference between what we are discussing and the example you gave, and yet I will give you the answer; it is not considered [an error], and it is considered a deficiency if one commits to it, without a doubt; because this falls under the category of committing to what is not required. That is one thing. The second thing: we look at this person who speaks, or is speaking, other than the intention before the prayer in your example; is he seeking nearness to Allah by it or not? If the answer, as is assumed, is no. Then we say: Yes, no; this is not the way of this matter, so those who verbalize are seeking nearness to Allah by it, and they say: verbalizing the intention is a recommended practice, and in the school of al-Shafi'i they claim that it is obligatory, so there is a great difference between our treatment of this topic and the example you gave from several aspects. First, the example you gave does not commit to it; he may say a word now, and say another word in another prayer, and then not commit to it; he may not say anything, and this is the reality, meaning; whereas those who verbalize commit to it.
Then there is another contradiction: they seek nearness to Allah by this commitment, and from here it follows that the topic falls under the category of: , look at the Hanafis in their school = -- do not forget the Sunnah ... -- = they say: the Sunnah after the salam is to sit for the duration of then stand up for what? For the post-prayer Sunnah, our matter is exactly like this; in that by his salam he has exited the prayer, but those who say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not add after the salam except this amount; so you do not add to that, even if it is the regular recitations, see? So what about if he adds from himself speech like this idle speech which is verbalizing the intention? Then it is even more fitting that it be denounced; and therefore some of the Shafi'i scholars stated: "Verbalizing the intention is of no value," and indeed it is of no value; because if we look at the examples we gave earlier; he intends in his heart validity, and he verbalizes what? The error, and the opposite is the opposite; so what does this verbalization amount to? It amounts to nothing.