The conditions for combining the two prayers due to rain
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The questioner:
He says: There is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding combining the prayers when it rains. Is the one who is lenient or the one who is strict correct? When does the combining take place? And is it valid to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers when it is raining?
The Shaykh:
Combining the Maghrib and Isha prayers is a dispensation for three reasons. The first is rain that wets the clothes, heavy rain such that if you go out, your clothes get wet. If the rain has stopped, or if it is light rain that does not wet the clothes, then combining is not permissible, because there is no hardship in it.
The second reason is mud and water on the ground after the rain; there is mud and water in the ground. If you go out in the darkness, you get soiled with mud and water. This is also an excuse. The third is if there is a severe cold wind on a dark night. A severe cold wind on a dark night makes it permissible to combine in these three conditions, between Maghrib and Isha. As for Dhuhr and Asr, they are not combined according to the correct opinion, because people are dispersed in their work, in the town, and in their offices, so there is no benefit in combining, unlike Maghrib and Isha, where people are in their homes and need to stay in their homes and not go out. As for Dhuhr and Asr, people are out, out. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if the rain is heavy and the weather is cold and it continues, and it is known or it is more likely than not that it will continue, then they pray in their homes, and there is no harm in that. Did the Companions do this?
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
He says: There is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding combining the prayers when it rains. Is the one who is lenient or the one who is strict correct? When does the combining take place? And is it valid to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers when it is raining?
The Shaykh:
Combining the Maghrib and Isha prayers is a dispensation for three reasons. The first is rain that wets the clothes, heavy rain such that if you go out, your clothes get wet. If the rain has stopped, or if it is light rain that does not wet the clothes, then combining is not permissible, because there is no hardship in it.
The second reason is mud and water on the ground after the rain; there is mud and water in the ground. If you go out in the darkness, you get soiled with mud and water. This is also an excuse. The third is if there is a severe cold wind on a dark night. A severe cold wind on a dark night makes it permissible to combine in these three conditions, between Maghrib and Isha. As for Dhuhr and Asr, they are not combined according to the correct opinion, because people are dispersed in their work, in the town, and in their offices, so there is no benefit in combining, unlike Maghrib and Isha, where people are in their homes and need to stay in their homes and not go out. As for Dhuhr and Asr, people are out, out. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if the rain is heavy and the weather is cold and it continues, and it is known or it is more likely than not that it will continue, then they pray in their homes, and there is no harm in that. Did the Companions do this?
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-103-واجب المسلم تجاه الأفكار والآراء المضللة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (37:47)
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