Rafd (abandoning an act of worship or an intention in it): its effect on ablution, prayer, fasting, the state of ihram and the pilgrimage

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Rafd in the lexicon is abandonment; in the jurists' usage it is treating what has been done of the act and its intention as if it had not been. ¹ It differs from annulment, from defect and from voiding. ^{1 2} For the majority, abandoning the intention of ablution after it is complete has no effect, while abandoning the intention of prayer during it voids it; the Malikis, Hanbalis and one Shafi'i view hold that abandoning the intention of fasting voids the fast. ² The Hanafis hold that abandoning ihram does not void it, and if a Meccan who has begun the lesser pilgrimage adds the greater one, the Hanafis require him to abandon one of them with a sacrifice and a makeup. ^{3 4 5}