Must a prayer intended as a make-up for yesterday's Dhuhr be repeated if it is later discovered that it had, in fact, already been prayed?
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If you intended the Dhuhr prayer of yesterday, this means you did not pray today's Dhuhr, and you must perform it. Your prayer, which you intended for yesterday's Dhuhr, is considered a supererogatory (nafl) prayer. For deeds are by intentions, and if it becomes clear that you made a mistake in the intention of the time, the majority of scholars hold that it does not suffice for the prayer of the present time.
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