Intention
This is the firm resolve of the heart to perform wudoo`(ablution) in obedience to the order of Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him). Ibn Taimiyyah said : "The place of intention is the heart and not the tongue in all forms of worship - and that is agreed upon by all the Muslim scholars - Purification, Prayer, Zakaat, fast, Hajj, (freeing of slaves), Jihaad, etc. If he were to express with his tongue other than that which he intended in his heart - then what he intended is counted, not what he said. If he voiced the intention with his tongue and the intention was not in his heart, that will not count - by total agreement of all the scholars of Islam - so intention is the firm intention and resolve itself."
19. As the Prophet (peace be upon him) himself explained in the hadeeth narrated by 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Sahihain Verily the actions are by intention and there is for everyone only what he intended... [Fath-ul-Baaree, 1/9, and Muslim, 6/48].
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