we know good deeds remove bad deeds. is it necessary to intend that, for the bad deeds to be removed? and if not, then is intending it better. is intending it always better even if you didn't just sin? jazakallahu khairan wa ahsanallahu ilayk

Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

All righteous deeds, prayer, zakah, fasting, hajj and charity, are causes of erasing sins, as long as the major sins are avoided, and on another saying of the scholars even major sins.