Is it permissible to combine the prayers in the rain in the open desert?

Question:
This questioner says: We are a group who went out to the open desert. Is it permissible for us to combine the prayers in the rain?

Answer:
It is permissible for them to combine the prayers if they are staying there and have a mosque where they go to combine the prayers while remaining in their location, praying where they are; there is no need to combine. Yes. But if they go to the mosque on their way, stop, and it rains, they combine. Yes.