The traveler combining the two prayers: a real combination or a formal combination
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The questioner:
And from the Shaykh: Can the traveler combine the Fajr prayer with the 'Asr prayer, or the Maghrib prayer with the 'Isha' prayer, at the end of the first time and the beginning of the second time, if that coincides and the traveler adheres to one of the models to maintain that coincidence? As for the one who is not traveling, let him wait until the second time.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible. There is no obstacle to combining them, whether it is a real combination or a formal combination. The Hanafis hold that only the formal combination is permissible; they do not permit the real combination, which is advancing the prayer from its time or delaying it from its time. They only permit the formal combination. However, the majority permit this, and that is the correct view. It is not permissible to combine the 'Asr prayer with the Maghrib prayer.
The questioner:
Speak more, my brother.
The Shaykh:
It is never permissible, neither for the traveler nor for the resident, to combine the 'Asr prayer with the Maghrib prayer. Yes.
And from the Shaykh: Can the traveler combine the Fajr prayer with the 'Asr prayer, or the Maghrib prayer with the 'Isha' prayer, at the end of the first time and the beginning of the second time, if that coincides and the traveler adheres to one of the models to maintain that coincidence? As for the one who is not traveling, let him wait until the second time.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible. There is no obstacle to combining them, whether it is a real combination or a formal combination. The Hanafis hold that only the formal combination is permissible; they do not permit the real combination, which is advancing the prayer from its time or delaying it from its time. They only permit the formal combination. However, the majority permit this, and that is the correct view. It is not permissible to combine the 'Asr prayer with the Maghrib prayer.
The questioner:
Speak more, my brother.
The Shaykh:
It is never permissible, neither for the traveler nor for the resident, to combine the 'Asr prayer with the Maghrib prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 35 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الطهارة/الحيض/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:20)
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