Intention of Specific Prescription
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Qaṣd al-Wurūd (Arabic: قصد الورود; lit. Intention of Specific Prescription), as opposed to Qasd al-Raja (intention of hope), is a type of intention (niyya) in which the individual is certain that the action they are performing has been legislated (tashri') by Prophet Muhammad (s) or the Infallible Imams (a) and meets the satisfaction of God,[1] such as the Daily Nawafil and the Friday Ghusl.[2]
It is said that if the issuance of a supplication from an Infallible (a) can be proven, it can be recited with the intention of wurud (specific prescription). However, if there is no reliable and trustworthy chain of transmission for the supplication, it should not be definitively attributed to the Infallible, as this may constitute legislation in religion (tashrīʿ) and become forbidden. In such cases, it is better to recite the supplication with the intention of Raja (hoping for reward).[3] For instance, Imam Khomeini stated in response to an inquiry that repeating parts of a supplication is permissible; however, supplications that have a reliable chain and a specific text, if recited with the intention of wurud, must be read exactly according to the transmitted text.[4]
According to the fatwa of Sayyid Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a Shi'a Marja', the representatives of Wali al-Faqih who are authorized by him to lead the Eid Prayer, as well as Friday Imams appointed by the Wali al-Faqih, can perform the Eid Prayer in congregation during the Occultation. However, Obligatory Caution dictates that other individuals should perform this prayer individually (furādā), and if performed in congregation, the intention should be raja (hope) rather than wurud.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ Muʾassisa Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-Fiqh al-Islāmī, Farhang-i fiqh, 1385 Sh, vol. 6, p. 617.
- ↑ Muʾassisa Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-Fiqh al-Islāmī, Farhang-i fiqh, 1385 Sh, vol. 6, p. 618.
- ↑ See: Muʾassisa Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-Fiqh al-Islāmī, Farhang-i fiqh, 1385 Sh, vol. 6, p. 618; "Qaṣd-i 'wurūd' wa 'rajā' 3", Pāygāh-i Qurʾānī-yi Tafsīr-i Riḍwān.
- ↑ Khumaynī, Istiftāʾāt, 1372 Sh, vol. 3, p. 619.
- ↑ Khāminiʾī, Risāla-yi āmūzishī, vol. 1, p. 65.
References
- Khāminiʾī, Sayyid ʿAlī. Risāla-yi āmūzishī; aḥkām-i ʿibādāt. Tehran, Nashr-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī, n.d.
- Khumaynī, Sayyid Rūḥ Allāh al-. Istiftāʾāt. Qom, Jāmiʿat Mudarrisīn-i Ḥawza-yi ʿIlmiyya-yi Qom, 1372 Sh.
- Muʾassisa Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-Fiqh al-Islāmī. Farhang-i fiqh muṭābiq-i madhhab-i Ahl al-Bayt (a). Under the supervision of Sayyid Maḥmūd Hāshimī Shāhrūdī. Qom, Muʾassisa Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-Fiqh al-Islāmī, 1385 Sh.
- "Qaṣd-i 'wurūd' wa 'rajā' 3". Pāygāh-i Qurʾānī-yi Tafsīr-i Riḍwān. Accessed: 19 Mehr 1404 Sh.