What is the ruling on changing the intention in prayer from a voluntary or regular prayer to an obligatory one, and vice versa?
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The questioner : I have some questions to ask you about, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : What is the ruling on changing the intention in prayer from a voluntary or regular prayer to an obligatory one, or vice versa, such as a person who starts the obligatory Zuhr prayer and then remembers that he has already prayed Zuhr? Does he change his intention to a voluntary or regular prayer?
The Shaykh : There is no need to change the intention in this case; because it will automatically be a voluntary prayer, as they say today, since there is no obligatory prayer to be performed twice in a day, especially since he erred in his intention. So it is obedience and worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and the intention was a mistake, so it is forgiven.
The questioner : Even the regular prayer, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I am speaking about the obligatory prayer. What did I say?
The questioner : Even the regular prayer?
The Shaykh : It is the obligatory prayer. Is the regular prayer not an obligatory prayer?
The questioner : I mean by the regular prayer, the Sunnah of Zuhr and the Sunnah of 'Asr.
The Shaykh : Okay, the regular Sunnah. Did he intend it as a regular prayer?
The questioner : He intended it as a regular prayer.
The Shaykh : Then he changes his intention to an obligatory prayer?
The questioner : No, we said that, and also the reverse.
The Shaykh : So now, regarding the details, what is your question? Define it.
The questioner : The definition of this issue branches into two: the first is changing it from an obligatory prayer to a voluntary or regular prayer.
The Shaykh : I have answered that.
The questioner : Or changing it from a regular prayer to an obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh : From a regular prayer to an obligatory prayer is not permissible.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : What is the ruling on changing the intention in prayer from a voluntary or regular prayer to an obligatory one, or vice versa, such as a person who starts the obligatory Zuhr prayer and then remembers that he has already prayed Zuhr? Does he change his intention to a voluntary or regular prayer?
The Shaykh : There is no need to change the intention in this case; because it will automatically be a voluntary prayer, as they say today, since there is no obligatory prayer to be performed twice in a day, especially since he erred in his intention. So it is obedience and worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and the intention was a mistake, so it is forgiven.
The questioner : Even the regular prayer, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I am speaking about the obligatory prayer. What did I say?
The questioner : Even the regular prayer?
The Shaykh : It is the obligatory prayer. Is the regular prayer not an obligatory prayer?
The questioner : I mean by the regular prayer, the Sunnah of Zuhr and the Sunnah of 'Asr.
The Shaykh : Okay, the regular Sunnah. Did he intend it as a regular prayer?
The questioner : He intended it as a regular prayer.
The Shaykh : Then he changes his intention to an obligatory prayer?
The questioner : No, we said that, and also the reverse.
The Shaykh : So now, regarding the details, what is your question? Define it.
The questioner : The definition of this issue branches into two: the first is changing it from an obligatory prayer to a voluntary or regular prayer.
The Shaykh : I have answered that.
The questioner : Or changing it from a regular prayer to an obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh : From a regular prayer to an obligatory prayer is not permissible.
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