The ruling on combining prayers for a traveler who stays and does not find it in his journey
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on combining prayers for a traveler who stays and does not find it in his journey?
The Shaykh:
And does not find it.
The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on combining prayers for a traveler who stays and does not find it in his journey?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible, there is no harm. If the traveler stops, it is permissible for him to combine, just as it is permissible for him to shorten; it is permissible for him to combine. But the best and most preferable is that he prays every prayer in its time. This is from the category of what is best, not from the category of prohibition; it is from the category of what is best. Because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped in Mina during the days of Tashriq, he would pray every prayer in its time, shortened, without combining. While he was in the expedition of Tabuk and stopped in Tabuk, he would combine the prayers, or he combined the prayers to indicate the permissibility. This is from the category of permissibility, and his action in Mina is from the category of indicating what is best. Yes.
So whoever is permitted to shorten is permitted to combine, and not the reverse. Not everyone who is permitted to combine is permitted to shorten. Because some ignorant people, when they combine for rain, they shorten in Riyadh and elsewhere. This is from ignorance; they think that whoever is permitted to combine is permitted to shorten. This is a mistake. Not everyone who is permitted to combine is permitted to shorten, unlike the reverse. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on combining prayers for a traveler who stays and does not find it in his journey?
The Shaykh:
And does not find it.
The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on combining prayers for a traveler who stays and does not find it in his journey?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible, there is no harm. If the traveler stops, it is permissible for him to combine, just as it is permissible for him to shorten; it is permissible for him to combine. But the best and most preferable is that he prays every prayer in its time. This is from the category of what is best, not from the category of prohibition; it is from the category of what is best. Because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped in Mina during the days of Tashriq, he would pray every prayer in its time, shortened, without combining. While he was in the expedition of Tabuk and stopped in Tabuk, he would combine the prayers, or he combined the prayers to indicate the permissibility. This is from the category of permissibility, and his action in Mina is from the category of indicating what is best. Yes.
So whoever is permitted to shorten is permitted to combine, and not the reverse. Not everyone who is permitted to combine is permitted to shorten. Because some ignorant people, when they combine for rain, they shorten in Riyadh and elsewhere. This is from ignorance; they think that whoever is permitted to combine is permitted to shorten. This is a mistake. Not everyone who is permitted to combine is permitted to shorten, unlike the reverse. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الجمع للمسافر إذا أقام ولم يَجِدّ في سيره؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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