Ruling on combining the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers for the sake of sleeping
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Question:
This sister who is asking says: Last Ramadan, she would stand in night prayer, perform the voluntary prayers, and pray the Fajr prayer, then she would sleep through the Zuhr prayer and wake up to combine it with the 'Asr prayer?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to delay the Zuhr prayer until the time of the 'Asr prayer and combine them in order to sleep. Combining is only permissible for the sick person who needs it, or for the traveler who shortens the prayer, or for combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers for the people of the mosque because of rain. As for everything else, every prayer is to be prayed in its time, and it is not accepted except in that time, as He the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:103]. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Therefore, it is not permissible for her or for anyone else to delay the prayer until the time of the other prayer enters, in order to sleep, whether at night or during the day. Yes.
This sister who is asking says: Last Ramadan, she would stand in night prayer, perform the voluntary prayers, and pray the Fajr prayer, then she would sleep through the Zuhr prayer and wake up to combine it with the 'Asr prayer?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to delay the Zuhr prayer until the time of the 'Asr prayer and combine them in order to sleep. Combining is only permissible for the sick person who needs it, or for the traveler who shortens the prayer, or for combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers for the people of the mosque because of rain. As for everything else, every prayer is to be prayed in its time, and it is not accepted except in that time, as He the Exalted said:
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًاPray the prayer at its time.
صل الصلاة لوقتها.Therefore, it is not permissible for her or for anyone else to delay the prayer until the time of the other prayer enters, in order to sleep, whether at night or during the day. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (103) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-10-24] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (31:30)
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