Delaying the prayer to wait for water
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Question:
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you, Ahmad al-'Amiri from Yemen has two questions. He says: I was in a place far from the village and I did not have water for wudu'. Is it permissible for me to delay the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers until eleven o'clock at night?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible for you to do that; rather, you must pray every prayer in its proper time. If you have water, perform wudu; if you do not have water, perform tayammum with the earth and pray. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:43] You were [An-Nisa 4:43] Did you not find water? Then perform tayammum with clean earth and wipe your faces and hands with it. Allah does not wish to place any hardship upon you, but He wishes to purify you and to complete His favor upon you, so that you may be grateful. Yes.
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you, Ahmad al-'Amiri from Yemen has two questions. He says: I was in a place far from the village and I did not have water for wudu'. Is it permissible for me to delay the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers until eleven o'clock at night?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible for you to do that; rather, you must pray every prayer in its proper time. If you have water, perform wudu; if you do not have water, perform tayammum with the earth and pray. Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janabah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
أَوْon a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women
عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7499 — youtube.com (4:30)
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