FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
WAS WAS DALAM NIAT SOLAT
How can a person afflicted with excessive doubt make the intention for prayer, and may he follow another school of law?
Short answer
In the Shafie school, pronouncing the intention aloud is not a condition.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
In the Shafie school, pronouncing the intention aloud is not a condition. What is obligatory is to determine the act, whether obligatory or voluntary prayer, its type, and the status of a follower in congregational prayer, at the time of the opening takbir, and it suffices to intend it in the heart. If this remains difficult, one may follow another school such as the Hanbali or Hanafi, provided he knows the pillars and conditions of a valid prayer in that school. Opinions of different schools must not be mixed within a single issue to the point that no scholar would accept the act as valid.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Lafaz niat bukanlah syarat. Yang wajib ialah menentukan perbuatan yakni solat, fardu atau sunat, jenis solat dan sebagai makmum dalam solat berjemaah, ketika takbiratulihram.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “WAS WAS DALAM NIAT SOLAT”, 15 February 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/1685-was-was-dalam-niat-solat. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/doubt-in-intention-for-prayer/