{"_id":"6a50026964a4dfd035bee9a6","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What are the minimum and recommended intentions for prayer in the Shafiʿi school?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Could you please summarize the minimum valid intentions and the preferred, more comprehensive intentions for obligatory and voluntary prayers according to the Shafiʿi school?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"For Farḍ (Obligatory) Prayers\"},{\"insert\":\"\\nMinimum Requirements:\\nIntention to perform ṣalāh\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Specifying it is farḍ (to distinguish from voluntarily repeated prayers)\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Name of the prayer (Fajr, Zuhr, etc.)\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Sample Minimum Intention: \\\"I am praying the farḍ of Zuhr.\\\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"For Nafl/Sunnah (Voluntary) Prayers\"},{\"insert\":\"\\nA. Restricted Sunnahs (time-bound or cause-specific): e.g., Witr, Duḥā, Eclipse, Rain Prayer\\nIntention to pray\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Name of the prayer\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Sample: \\\"I intend to pray Witr.\\\"\\n\\nB. Unrestricted Nafl Muṭlaq: No fixed time/cause, no unique name. Includes: Tahiyyat al-Masjid, Sunnat al-Wuḍūʾ, Istikhārah\\nRequired intention: Merely the intent to perform prayer.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Sample: \\\"I intend to pray.\\\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Recommended (Mustaḥabb) Elements\"},{\"insert\":\"\\nIntent that worship is directed to Allāh\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Number of rakʿāt\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Timing status: adāʾ (on-time) or qaḍāʾ (make-up)\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Facing the qiblah direction\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Sample: \\\"I intend to pray the farḍ of Zuhr, four rakʿāt, facing the qiblah, as adāʾ for Allāh taʿālā.\\\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe30b76658b4c23281e","tag":"Salah: Other","count":150},{"_id":"668d9ff20b76658b4c2329d9","tag":"Worship: Intention","count":112},{"_id":"668da0170b76658b4c232de6","tag":"Salah: Special & Sunnah","count":74}],"createdOn":"2026-07-09T20:19:53.351Z"}