The Hadith of the Prophet Combining Prayers Without Rain or Travel, and the Conditions for Combining
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Question:
Salih, this questioner Abu Ibrahim says: Is there a hadith that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without rain or an excuse?
Answer:
Without rain or travel? Yes, a hadith has been reported on this, and it is one of the problematic hadiths, the ambiguous hadiths. One should refer to the clear hadiths and act according to them, and refrain from acting on this hadith, because combining prayers is not permissible except for an excuse: either for the traveler who shortens the prayer, or for the sick person for whom combining would cause hardship, so he combines; or for rain, or if it is the time of Maghrib and 'Isha', he combines between them. These are the conditions and the excuses that permit combining. Yes.
Salih, this questioner Abu Ibrahim says: Is there a hadith that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without rain or an excuse?
Answer:
Without rain or travel? Yes, a hadith has been reported on this, and it is one of the problematic hadiths, the ambiguous hadiths. One should refer to the clear hadiths and act according to them, and refrain from acting on this hadith, because combining prayers is not permissible except for an excuse: either for the traveler who shortens the prayer, or for the sick person for whom combining would cause hardship, so he combines; or for rain, or if it is the time of Maghrib and 'Isha', he combines between them. These are the conditions and the excuses that permit combining. Yes.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 16-03-1436هـ — af.org.sa (22:52)
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