{"id":40784,"date":"2026-03-27T11:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=40784"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:53:39","slug":"mistaken-change-of-intention-mid-salah-thinking-maghrib-was-asr-then-correcting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/mistaken-change-of-intention-mid-salah-thinking-maghrib-was-asr-then-correcting-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistaken Change Of Intention Mid-Salah (Thinking Maghrib Was \u2018Asr) &#038; Then Correcting It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 08824<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Written by Maulana Mohammed Aabu Saeed Miah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I started Maghrib Salah with the correct intention then midway through I thought I was praying Asr and continued. In the final rakat (third) I remembered I was praying Maghrib and then continued. I didn\u2019t add the extra rakat and ended the salah in the third rakat as normal. Would the salah be invalid?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Having the correct intention for salah is necessary for its validity. However sometimes one may face confusion during the Salah for various reasons. Accidentally forgetting which Salah, one is in while maintaining the correct amount of raka\u2019aat will not invalidate the Salah. 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