The Meaning of Ibn 'Abbas's Hadith on Combining Prayers Without Illness or Rain
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Question:
It is reported in Sahih Muslim from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without illness or rain. We seek clarification and benefit regarding this hadith?
Answer:
This hadith is one of the difficult ones among the difficult hadiths, and it is among the ambiguous and general ones. The default is that the prayers are performed at their prescribed times, and that it is not permissible to combine them except for travel or illness. Or for rain. There are three excuses: for travel, for illness, and for rain between Maghrib and 'Isha'. As for anything other than this, it is not established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined them. So this is one of the problematic hadiths, and we return to the clear hadiths and to His saying, the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:103] and to his saying, (peace and blessings be upon him): Yes.
It is reported in Sahih Muslim from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without illness or rain. We seek clarification and benefit regarding this hadith?
Answer:
This hadith is one of the difficult ones among the difficult hadiths, and it is among the ambiguous and general ones. The default is that the prayers are performed at their prescribed times, and that it is not permissible to combine them except for travel or illness. Or for rain. There are three excuses: for travel, for illness, and for rain between Maghrib and 'Isha'. As for anything other than this, it is not established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined them. So this is one of the problematic hadiths, and we return to the clear hadiths and to His saying, the Exalted:
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.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-087-مظاهر ضعف العقيدة في عصرنا الحاضر وطرق علاجها|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:13:07)
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