Must she repeat the ‘Ishā’ prayer, or both prayers together, if the questioner intended to combine Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ by way of delaying (jam‘ ta’khīr), but then did not recall the intention of combining when she began the ‘Ishā’ prayer? And how does she make up two obligatory prayers that she had intended to combine: does she combine them, or make up each one separately? And what should she do in the case of obsessive doubts (waswās) regarding the intention for prayer, which prevents her from bringing forth the intention neither by heart nor by tongue?
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The matter of intention is simple and does not require extremism. The cure for obsessive whispers () is to completely disregard them. Since you know what you are praying, it means that you intended this prayer, and this is the intention. For an optional act, there must be an intention for it. Therefore, you do not need to make up the Maghrib or Isha prayers, nor do you need to repeat them.
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