Combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' Prayers Due to Cold Weather
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. An imam in a city outside Riyadh combined the 'Isha' and Maghrib prayers because the weather was cold. Some people objected to him and told him that your prayer is invalid and you must repeat it. What is the legal ruling in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Yes, and it is so. Cold weather does not permit [combining], meaning, how few are the nights
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
a night of the winter nights in which there is going out.
The questioner:
Mere coldness, if there is rain that wets the hunter, or if there is mud.
The Shaykh:
We choose.
The questioner:
As for mere coldness, it is rare for a night of the winter nights to be free of it.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for him to repeat [the prayer].
The questioner:
And unfortunately, some of the young people, may Allah have mercy on them, exert themselves in incorrect independent legal reasoning that no one has preceded them in,
The Shaykh:
playing with the acts of worship, playing with the prisoner, and causing confusion among the people. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. An imam in a city outside Riyadh combined the 'Isha' and Maghrib prayers because the weather was cold. Some people objected to him and told him that your prayer is invalid and you must repeat it. What is the legal ruling in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Yes, and it is so. Cold weather does not permit [combining], meaning, how few are the nights
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
a night of the winter nights in which there is going out.
The questioner:
Mere coldness, if there is rain that wets the hunter, or if there is mud.
The Shaykh:
We choose.
The questioner:
As for mere coldness, it is rare for a night of the winter nights to be free of it.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for him to repeat [the prayer].
The questioner:
And unfortunately, some of the young people, may Allah have mercy on them, exert themselves in incorrect independent legal reasoning that no one has preceded them in,
The Shaykh:
playing with the acts of worship, playing with the prisoner, and causing confusion among the people. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/86 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:06:57)
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