I prayed an obligatory prayer, and after the opening takbir, I changed my intention to another obligatory prayer that I owed as a make-up. What is the ruling? Please note that this happened a long time ago and I was ignorant of the ruling.
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The questioner : A group of sisters from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sent us a set of questions. One of them says in this question: I prayed an obligatory prayer, and after the opening takbir, I changed my intention to another obligatory prayer that I owed as a make-up. What is the ruling? Please note that this happened a long time ago and I was ignorant of the ruling. I do not remember now which prayers they were. What is the solution? May Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Changing the intention from one obligatory prayer to another invalidates the first one that was intended, because he changed his intention and intended to enter into the other one.
As for the second one, if he began it with the opening takbir, it becomes valid. If he did not begin it with the opening takbir and intended that the first takbir was the opening takbir for the second one, this obligatory prayer is not valid, because obligatory prayers must be intended from the very beginning. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Changing the intention from one obligatory prayer to another invalidates the first one that was intended, because he changed his intention and intended to enter into the other one.
As for the second one, if he began it with the opening takbir, it becomes valid. If he did not begin it with the opening takbir and intended that the first takbir was the opening takbir for the second one, this obligatory prayer is not valid, because obligatory prayers must be intended from the very beginning. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.