What is the ruling on following a voluntary prayer with an obligatory prayer?
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Question:
He asks: What is meant by the prohibition against following a voluntary prayer with an obligatory prayer, and is this prohibition lifted by the remembrance of Allah?
Answer:
This is called connecting (wasl). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade connecting one prayer to another, meaning following a voluntary prayer with an obligatory one, so that an ignorant person would not think that this is part of the prayer and that the prayer has not ended. Therefore, one should separate between them, as the Prophet said: The prayer is complete, and this is a voluntary prayer. Yes.
He asks: What is meant by the prohibition against following a voluntary prayer with an obligatory prayer, and is this prohibition lifted by the remembrance of Allah?
Answer:
This is called connecting (wasl). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade connecting one prayer to another, meaning following a voluntary prayer with an obligatory one, so that an ignorant person would not think that this is part of the prayer and that the prayer has not ended. Therefore, one should separate between them, as the Prophet said:
(peace and blessings be upon him) by speech or movement, so that the people know that
صلى الله عليه وسلم بكلام أو انتقال حتى يعلم الناس أن
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حُكم اتباع صلاة النافلة بالفريضة؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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