مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٢١١ - TAKBIRATUL AHRAM

but does not specify whether it ismidday Prayers or afternoon prayers his prayers is void. Furthermore if, for example, it is obligatory for a person to offer the lapsed midday prayers and he wishes to offerat the time of midday prayers the lapsed of that prayers or the midday prayers itself, he should specify in his intention the prayers which he is going to offer.
٩٥٤. A person should stick to his intention from the beginning of the prayers till its end. Hence, if, while offering prayers he becomes so careless that if he isasked as to what he is doing he may not be knowing what to say in reply, his prayers is void.
٩٥٥. A person should offer prayers only to carry out the orders of the Almighty Allah. Hence if a person dissimulates i.e. offers prayers only for the sake of show,his prayers is void, whether this show is only for the people or for keeping both Allah and the people in view.
٩٥٦. If a person offers a part of prayers for the sake of any one other than Allah his prayers is void. In fact if he offers prayers for Allah but just to make ashow of it before the people, he offers it at a particular place, e.g. in a masjid or at a particular time e.g. in the early part of the time prescribed for the prayers or ina special manner e.g. in congregation, his prayers is void. And on the basis of precaution if he performs even a recommended part of the prayers e.g. qunut for the sake ofany one other than Allah, his prayers is void.

TAKBIRATUL AHRAM
٩٥٧. To say Allahu Akbar in the beginning of every prayers is obligatory and one of its basic elements, and it is necessary that one should say Allahu Akbarconsecutively. It is also necessary that these two words should be pronounced in correct Arabic. In case, therefore, a person pronounces these words in wrong Arabic, orutters their translation, his act will not be in order.
٩٥٨. The obligatory precaution is that one should not combine