Does one intend in the regular voluntary prayers that this, for example, is for the pre-Zuhr rawatib and this is for the post-Zuhr rawatib if one has missed prayers, or is it sufficient to specify that it is a rawatib?
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The questioner : Regarding the regular voluntary prayers, O Shaykh, is it sufficient to have an intention for them? For example, if you do not intend this for the Zuhr, for instance, if you have missed prayers, do you intend this for the pre-Zuhr rawatib and this for the post-Zuhr rawatib, or is it sufficient to just specify that it is a rawatib?
The Shaykh : A specific thing must be specified. So if you want to pray the Zuhr rawatib, you must intend the Zuhr rawatib. If you have several rawatib, and likewise the obligatory prayer, you must specify what you are intending. You intend that it is the Zuhr, or that it is the 'Asr. A specific thing must be specified.
However, some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: If a specific prayer is not accompanied by another, it is sufficient for a person to intend that he is praying the obligatory prayer of the time. For example, if you come to pray the Zuhr and the Zuhr is absent from your mind, but you came to pray the obligatory prayer of the time, he said: There is nothing wrong with this, because specifying the time is equivalent to specifying the prayer. This is a position that offers leeway for people and makes things easier for them.
The Shaykh : A specific thing must be specified. So if you want to pray the Zuhr rawatib, you must intend the Zuhr rawatib. If you have several rawatib, and likewise the obligatory prayer, you must specify what you are intending. You intend that it is the Zuhr, or that it is the 'Asr. A specific thing must be specified.
However, some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: If a specific prayer is not accompanied by another, it is sufficient for a person to intend that he is praying the obligatory prayer of the time. For example, if you come to pray the Zuhr and the Zuhr is absent from your mind, but you came to pray the obligatory prayer of the time, he said: There is nothing wrong with this, because specifying the time is equivalent to specifying the prayer. This is a position that offers leeway for people and makes things easier for them.