Is it permissible to pray two obligatory prayers with a single ablution without making an intention?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to pray two obligatory prayers with a single ablution without making an intention?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for a person who performs ablution for the midday prayer, for example, and then the afternoon prayer time arrives while he is still in a state of ritual purity, to pray the afternoon prayer with the purity of the midday prayer, even if he did not intend it when he performed the ablution. This is because the purity he attained for the midday prayer removed the state of ritual impurity from him. And when his state of ritual impurity is removed, it does not return except by the presence of its cause, which is one of the known nullifiers of ablution. In fact, if a person performs ablution without the intention of prayer, performing it only with the intention of removing the state of ritual impurity, he may pray with it as many obligatory and voluntary prayers as he wishes until his purity is nullified.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for a person who performs ablution for the midday prayer, for example, and then the afternoon prayer time arrives while he is still in a state of ritual purity, to pray the afternoon prayer with the purity of the midday prayer, even if he did not intend it when he performed the ablution. This is because the purity he attained for the midday prayer removed the state of ritual impurity from him. And when his state of ritual impurity is removed, it does not return except by the presence of its cause, which is one of the known nullifiers of ablution. In fact, if a person performs ablution without the intention of prayer, performing it only with the intention of removing the state of ritual impurity, he may pray with it as many obligatory and voluntary prayers as he wishes until his purity is nullified.