FAGFIRLEE MA KADDAMTU WA MA AKHARTU", I am not sure of the meaning,
but is it the right niyah?if yes please explain the meaning or please
give me the right niyah provedby Qu`ran and Hadith.
Praise be to Allaah.
The Ramadaan fast and other acts of worship are not valid unless
accompanied by the proper intention, because the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Actions are but by intentions,
and everyone shall have but that which he intended…"(Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 1; Muslim, 1907)
The intention is subject tothe condition that it be made at night,
before the dawn comes, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoeverdoes not intend to fast before dawn,
there is no fast for him." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 730. According to
a version narrated by al-Nasaa'i (2334): "Whoever does not intend to
fast from the night before, there is no fast for him." Classed as
hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 573. What is meant is that
whoever does not intend to fast and resolve to do so from the night
before, his fast is not valid.
The intention (niyyah) is an action of the heart. TheMuslim should
resolve in his heart that he is going to fast tomorrow. It is
notprescribed for him to utter it out loud and say, "I intend to fast"
or "I will fast tomorrow" or other phrases that have been innovated by
some people. The correct intention is when a person resolves in his
heart that he is going to fast tomorrow.
Hence Shaykh al-Islam IbnTaymiyah said in al-Ikhtiyaaraat (p. 191):
If it crosses a person's mind that he is going to fast tomorrow, then
he has made the intention.
The Standing Committee was asked:
How should a person intend to fast Ramadaan?
They replied:
The intention is done by resolving to fast. It is essential that the
intention to fast Ramadaan be made everynight.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 10/246
And Allaah knows best.
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