Is the prayer of one who intended to shorten it during the prayer valid, after having entered into it without previously specifying the intention of shortening or completing it?
Whoever enters the prayer without the intention of shortening it (qasr) at the opening takbir, must complete it, and it becomes invalid if he shortens it, and he must repeat that prayer.
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