The ruling on combining two prayers without an excuse
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on combining two prayers without a valid legal excuse?
Answer:
It is not permissible.[An-Nisa 4:103] The prayers are prescribed at their specific times, so combining them is not permissible except for travel that allows shortening, or for illness, or combining Maghrib and 'Isha' due to rain and the like. Yes. Shortening is a recommended practice (sunnah), and combining is permissible; it is not a recommended practice, but it is permissible for a pressing need. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on combining two prayers without a valid legal excuse?
Answer:
It is not permissible.
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 14-03-1439هـ — af.org.sa (1:00:52)
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