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Should Niyyat for Salaah be done orally or in the heart?

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Niyyat for namaaz,orally or in heart?

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Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is a pre-condition (Sharth) of Salaah for one to make Niyyat (intention) in the heart.[1] However, it is Mustahab (preferable) for one to make intention verbally/orally.[2]

Moreover, the Fuqahaa (jurists) have stated that such an intention should be in the past tense, for example: “I have intended to perform such and such Salaah”.[3]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Moulana Ismail Desai,
Student Darul Iftaa
Durban, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.


  1 و الخامس النية بالاجماع و هي الارادة لا مطلق العلم و المعتبر فيها عمل القلب اللازم للارادة ( الدر علي التنوير، ج 1، ص 415-414، ايج ايم سعيد)

 

  و التلفظ بها مستحب  هو المختار و تكون بلفظ الماضي (الدر علي التنوير ( ج 1، ص 417، ايج ايم سعيد)[2]

  مثل نويت صلوة كذا (رد المحتار، ج 1، ص 416، ايج ايم سعيد)[3]

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