The ruling on combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers for a traveler
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Question:
Among the questions that came in, this questioner says: I was traveling and entered the mosque, where I saw a congregation praying. I prayed the Maghrib prayer with them. After the prayer ended, I found another congregation and joined them with the intention of praying 'Isha'. It turned out they were praying Maghrib. After the imam said the closing salam, I stood up and performed the fourth rak'ah. He asks: Is my action correct?
Answer:
Yes, your action is correct, if Allah wills. You prayed Maghrib with one congregation and 'Isha' with another, and you combined the two prayers because you are a traveler. There is no harm in having prayed 'Isha' behind an imam who was praying Maghrib; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you
Among the questions that came in, this questioner says: I was traveling and entered the mosque, where I saw a congregation praying. I prayed the Maghrib prayer with them. After the prayer ended, I found another congregation and joined them with the intention of praying 'Isha'. It turned out they were praying Maghrib. After the imam said the closing salam, I stood up and performed the fourth rak'ah. He asks: Is my action correct?
Answer:
Yes, your action is correct, if Allah wills. You prayed Maghrib with one congregation and 'Isha' with another, and you combined the two prayers because you are a traveler. There is no harm in having prayed 'Isha' behind an imam who was praying Maghrib; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7555 — youtube.com (12:00)
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