What is the criterion for combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers when it rains?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: It rained in these past days in this country, and we ask Allah to make it beneficial for the land and the people. But a problem arose yesterday in the mosque: do they combine the prayer or not between Maghrib and 'Isha'? We ask for your ruling on this, and what amount of rain permits combining, and what is the criterion for combining in such a case?
The Shaykh:
We have answered this question several times. Combining Maghrib and 'Isha' is done when the falling rain wets the clothes. That is, if you go out and it wets your clothes and sticks to you. As for drizzle and light rain, this does not permit combining. Or if there is no rain falling, but the ground is full of water and mud between you and the mosque. After the rain, the ground becomes muddy and full of water, and people wade through the water when they come; in this case, combining is permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Do you know?
The Shaykh:
Riyadh, as you know, is vast. Some parts may receive a heavy flood where the people of the neighborhood gather, while another part receives nothing at all, and a third part receives light rain. That is, Riyadh today is vast and varies. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: It rained in these past days in this country, and we ask Allah to make it beneficial for the land and the people. But a problem arose yesterday in the mosque: do they combine the prayer or not between Maghrib and 'Isha'? We ask for your ruling on this, and what amount of rain permits combining, and what is the criterion for combining in such a case?
The Shaykh:
We have answered this question several times. Combining Maghrib and 'Isha' is done when the falling rain wets the clothes. That is, if you go out and it wets your clothes and sticks to you. As for drizzle and light rain, this does not permit combining. Or if there is no rain falling, but the ground is full of water and mud between you and the mosque. After the rain, the ground becomes muddy and full of water, and people wade through the water when they come; in this case, combining is permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Do you know?
The Shaykh:
Riyadh, as you know, is vast. Some parts may receive a heavy flood where the people of the neighborhood gather, while another part receives nothing at all, and a third part receives light rain. That is, Riyadh today is vast and varies. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [774 -954] ما ضابط الجمع بين المغرب والعشاء عند نزول المطر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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