Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Verbalizing intention in prayer

“At the time of starting our prayer, should we verbalize the intention? Is intention enough?”Asked by مختار احمد, بہار

He answers at 47:02 in Revival and Revivalist · 1 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:02
is ka hal yeh hai ke logon ko bataya jaye ke dawah karti aam baat hai. dawah ki qeemat kya hai? ma'ni agla sawal kya hai? mukhtar ahmed ne bihar se e at the time of start of our prayer, we should tell the niyat or is intention enough. to niyat aur intention to ek hi cheez hai. sawal mere khayal se sahi alfaaz mein nahin hai. sawal karne ka matlab ghaleban yeh hai ke lafzon mein niyat ko kehna zaroori hai ke niyat kafi hai.
47:40
shayad matlab sawal ka yeh hai kiyunke aam taur par log yeh karte hain ke munh mera taraf kabe ke waghera alfaaz bolte hain. to yeh alfaaz bolna hargiz zaroori nahin hai. sahaba aise alfaaz nahin bolte the. yeh to awam ke liye hain. yeh saare alfaaz . agli cheez yeh hai ke aap niyat. niyat ke ma'ni yeh hain ke aap, yani zehn aap ka bedaar ho. aap aap samajhte hon, yani aap aap ke zehn mein yeh yeh khayal taza ho ke main namaz parhne ke khada hua hoon.
48:18
to alfaaz dohrana hargiz zaroori nahin hai, lekin niyat zaroori hai. niyat ke ma'ni hain, yani yani yani zehn ke zehn idhar udhar na bhatak raha ho, balkeh sach much ehsaas aap par taari ho ke hum Allah ki namaz parh rahe hain.
48:41
yeh niyat hai aur is liye yeh ma'ni. agla sawal aaya hai hussain arha ka srinagar se. assalam o alaikum molana sahib.
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