Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A How to Make an Intention for Prayer

Bismillahi Rahm Al Rahim, there's a question, how

do I make intention for the prayer?

Very simple.

Intention

is the resolve

that precedes the action.

So

the basic intention

you're considered to have because it's inconceivable

that someone would stand to pray except that

they intended to pray. It's a resolve that

precedes the actions.

The sign of the intention is

if

you were to be asked what are you

doing so I'm praying? That's it. For the

obligatory prayer, one specifies

the particular

obligatory prayer that one is performing. 1 is

praying dhuhr or asr, or I'm praying the

fard of the time, etcetera. That's all there

is to the valid intention then one strives

to magnify the intention.

Because the

intention has 3 components.

What you're doing,

and it's almost inconceivable that you wouldn't know

what you're doing.

And why you're doing it for the sake

of Allah, and that's where we magnify our

intentions.

And finally

and finally

the time of the intention which is before

the action. And it's recommended

to maintain one's intention

throughout the action.