Combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers due to the shortness of time in Belgium
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! This is a questioner from Belgium who says: In our country, Belgium, the time between the Fajr prayer
The Shaykh:
for us.
The questioner:
In Belgium, the time between the Fajr prayer and the 'Isha' prayer is only four hours, and people find hardship in that. Some scholars there have issued a fatwa for us to combine the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers by advancing them (jam' taqdim), and they cited as evidence the report from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers in Madinah without an excuse. His question is: Is it permissible for us to combine them by advancing them for that reason?
The Shaykh:
As long as the scholars who issued the fatwa for you are scholars, and they are more aware of the conditions of that place, take their fatwa if they are scholars. But if they are common people, not students of knowledge, then do not take their fatwa. Write your question and send it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! This is a questioner from Belgium who says: In our country, Belgium, the time between the Fajr prayer
The Shaykh:
for us.
The questioner:
In Belgium, the time between the Fajr prayer and the 'Isha' prayer is only four hours, and people find hardship in that. Some scholars there have issued a fatwa for us to combine the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers by advancing them (jam' taqdim), and they cited as evidence the report from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers in Madinah without an excuse. His question is: Is it permissible for us to combine them by advancing them for that reason?
The Shaykh:
As long as the scholars who issued the fatwa for you are scholars, and they are more aware of the conditions of that place, take their fatwa if they are scholars. But if they are common people, not students of knowledge, then do not take their fatwa. Write your question and send it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:00:23)
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