Combining 'Isha' with Maghrib for the traveler and joining the Maghrib congregation
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The questioner:
This questioner says: I prayed Maghrib in congregation, and I am a traveler who wants to return to my country, so I wanted to combine 'Isha' with Maghrib.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
This one will say: I prayed Maghrib in congregation, yes, and I am a traveler and I want to return to my country, yes, so I wanted to combine 'Isha' with Maghrib by combining and shortening, yes. So if a late congregation is established for the Maghrib prayer, what is the correct way for me to join them with the intention of 'Isha'? And if I sit for the first tashahhud, do I sit or do I follow the imam? And if I sit, do I prostrate with the imam in the prostrations of the third rak'ah?
The Shaykh:
The best thing is that you do not join them, because the Maghrib prayer is different from the 'Isha' prayer. So the best thing is that you do not join them. If you have people with you who are travelers, you all pray together and shorten the prayer. And if there is no one there, pray alone and shorten the prayer. Do not join them in the Maghrib prayer while they are praying Maghrib and you want to pray 'Isha'. Yes. Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
This questioner says: I prayed Maghrib in congregation, and I am a traveler who wants to return to my country, so I wanted to combine 'Isha' with Maghrib.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
This one will say: I prayed Maghrib in congregation, yes, and I am a traveler and I want to return to my country, yes, so I wanted to combine 'Isha' with Maghrib by combining and shortening, yes. So if a late congregation is established for the Maghrib prayer, what is the correct way for me to join them with the intention of 'Isha'? And if I sit for the first tashahhud, do I sit or do I follow the imam? And if I sit, do I prostrate with the imam in the prostrations of the third rak'ah?
The Shaykh:
The best thing is that you do not join them, because the Maghrib prayer is different from the 'Isha' prayer. So the best thing is that you do not join them. If you have people with you who are travelers, you all pray together and shorten the prayer. And if there is no one there, pray alone and shorten the prayer. Do not join them in the Maghrib prayer while they are praying Maghrib and you want to pray 'Isha'. Yes. Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / طلب العلم وكيفيته/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:21:14)
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