Combining the two prayers due to excessive sleep
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Question:
This questioner, Abu Ahmad, says: “Shaykh, my sleep is very heavy, and the doctor has told me so. I have been like this since I was a child until I reached the age of twenty-two. Is it permissible for me to combine the two prayers if I fear that I will fall asleep and miss the time of one of them due to extreme fatigue and sleep, while I am not traveling?”
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. Combining is not permissible except for one of three cases: either for an illness that requires combining, or during travel if the journey is difficult, or in the case of rain, where one combines Maghrib and Isha in the case of rain, slippery ground, and mud. Apart from that, every prayer is to be prayed in its time. Sleep is not an excuse for permitting combining. You can take the measures to wake up. If you resolve to wake up and seek help from Allah, Allah will help you. Second, you should have something to wake you up, such as an alarm that alerts you to the start of the prayer. Praise be to Allah, today there are many alarms and devices that alert one to the prayer. Third, you should instruct someone to wake you up, and this is easy. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner, Abu Ahmad, says: “Shaykh, my sleep is very heavy, and the doctor has told me so. I have been like this since I was a child until I reached the age of twenty-two. Is it permissible for me to combine the two prayers if I fear that I will fall asleep and miss the time of one of them due to extreme fatigue and sleep, while I am not traveling?”
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. Combining is not permissible except for one of three cases: either for an illness that requires combining, or during travel if the journey is difficult, or in the case of rain, where one combines Maghrib and Isha in the case of rain, slippery ground, and mud. Apart from that, every prayer is to be prayed in its time. Sleep is not an excuse for permitting combining. You can take the measures to wake up. If you resolve to wake up and seek help from Allah, Allah will help you. Second, you should have something to wake you up, such as an alarm that alerts you to the start of the prayer. Praise be to Allah, today there are many alarms and devices that alert one to the prayer. Third, you should instruct someone to wake you up, and this is easy. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7309 — youtube.com (9:56)
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