He forgets to keep the intention in mind when doing most deeds

 

I forget to form the intention when doing most deeds. What should I do?.

Praise be to Allaah.

Intention (niyyah) is an
important matter, as it is the spirit of deeds through which deeds become
valid, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Actions are but by intentions and each person will have but that which he
intended.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (1) and Muslim (1907). 

The intention turns
permissible deeds into acts or worship, hence we should pay attention to it
and make it for the sake of Allaah, free from any element of showing off. 

It should be noted that
intentions are of two types: 

1 – Obligatory intention,
without which an act of worship is not valid, such as the intention in doing
wudoo’, praying, paying zakaah, fasting and doing Hajj. This intention is
something that no one can do without. If a person does wudoo’ to pray, touch
the Mus-haf or in order to be pure (taahir), he has formed the intention.
Intending to pray or intending to remove impurity is forming the intention
when doing wudoo’. 

When a man stands to pray,
knowing that this is Zuhr prayer, for example, and he intends to offer the
prayer and gets up to do it it, then he has formed the intention. It is not
essential – and in fact it is not prescribed – to say out loud, “I intend to
pray Zuhr prayer” etc, as some people do. This was not narrated from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and the place for
the intention is in the heart. 

Similarly, if a person
decides at night that he will fast on the following day, then he has formed
the intention of fasting. In fact, his eating sahoor shows that he is
intending to fast. 

It is difficult for a
person to forget to form the intention in such cases. 

2 – The second type of
intention is that which is mustahabb in order to attain reward. This is what
some people forget, which is to keep the intention in mind when doing
permissible things, so that they will be acts of worship, such as eating,
drinking and sleeping with the intention of strengthening oneself to do acts
of worship, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: “You will never spend anything that you spend for the sake of Allaah,
but you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel of food that you put in
your wife’s mouth.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (56). 

Mu’aadh (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said: I sleep and I get up (to pray at night), and I seek
reward for my sleep as I seek reward for my getting up. Narrated by
al-Bukhaari (4088). 

He (may Allaah be pleased
with him) sought reward for his sleep just as he sought reward for his
getting up to pray at night, because he intended by sleeping to gain
strength to do acts of worship. 

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said in
al-Fath: What this means is that he sought reward by resting just as
he sought reward by striving, because if the intention in resting is to
enable one to do acts of worship, one attains reward. End quote. 

What helps to keep this
intention in mind is deliberating, thinking and not being hasty. So you
should think about what you are intending to do, take stock of yourself
before acting, think about whether it is halaal or haraam, then look at your
intention: what do you want from this? Every time you take stock of yourself
and think before acting, this will remind you about forming the intention,
until it becomes second nature and a habit that you adopt, so that you will
not enter or exit, eat or drink, give or withhold, without having an
intention in doing so, thus most of your time will become times of worship. 

We ask Allaah to help us
and you to do that. 

And Allaah knows best.

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