The ruling on verbalizing the intention before prayer

Question:
Following this, a message was received by the program from the Syrian Arab Republic, sent by the listener 'Umar Mur'ay. The brother 'Umar has a number of questions; in one of them, he asks Your Eminence about verbalizing the intention. For example, if he intends to pray the Sunnah of Fajr, should he say: "I intend to pray the Sunnah of Fajr," or "I intend to pray the obligatory prayer of such-and-such"? May Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
Verbalizing the intention has no basis in the Shari'ah; rather, it is a religious innovation (bid'ah). This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not verbalize the intention, nor did his Companions. The place of the intention is the heart; you intend with your heart, whether for prayer, fasting, ablution, or anything else. The heart is sufficient, praise be to Allah, and there is no need to say: "I intend to pray such-and-such," or "I intend to perform ablution," or "I intend to perform tawaf," or "I intend to fast." The place of the intention is the heart. Yes.

The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.