Thursday 16 Rabīʿ al-awwal 1446 - 19 September 2024
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Question
Assalamu Aleykum. Sheikh is it sunnah to pronounce your intention before the prayer? For example: O Allah I intended to pray my sunnah of Magrib
Answer
Walaykumsalaam wa rahmatullah.

It is an innovation to pronounce the intention in any ways. (Verbally).

An intention is to be made in the heart.

By you moving towards your prayer may or making Ablution is an intent of praying...