The ruling on delaying the prayer from the beginning of its time due to the presence of a lecture

Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, he says: I am a student at the university, and some lectures do not end until half an hour or an hour after the 'Asr prayer. Is our prayer valid?

Answer:
It was obligatory for the authorities, if they are in these lands, not to delay the prayer in place of the lecture. And although the authorities in these lands delay the prayer from the beginning of its time, they pray first and then enter the lecture. But if it is in other than these lands, and because of inability, there is no harm in delaying the prayer from the beginning of its time; because he would miss the lecture, and the time for the prayer is spacious, praise be to Allah, and this is from the facilitation of Allah.
The important thing is that if it is possible to bring the lecture forward, that is obligatory. If a person passes through the time of the lecture and the time for the prayer is spacious, he attends the lecture and hastens to pray after it ends, before the time for the prayer exits.