The ruling on praying the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in countries where the sun does not set

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I am a person residing in Norway in Europe, and we have a mosque where we combine the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers throughout the year, on the grounds that the sun sets for only two hours, and sometimes days pass in which the sun does not set at all. What is the ruling? May Allah reward you.

Answer:
Yes, this is a very important issue. Yes. The ruling on the prayers for those who are at the pole or near the pole, where day lasts six months and night lasts six months. What do they do? What do they do? This is a major issue that was posed to the fiqh councils and the Council of Senior Scholars. They exerted effort in it, and rulings were issued regarding it.
The closest view, and Allah knows best, is that if there is a country near them where night and day occur, their ruling is the ruling of the nearby country; they pray like the people of the nearby country. However, if there is no country near them where night and day occur within twenty-four hours—though night and day certainly occur, but not within twenty-four hours—if night and day do occur, they pray the night prayer at night, even if it is short, and they pray the day prayer during the day, even if it is long, within twenty-four hours. But if there is no night and day within twenty-four hours, they estimate; they estimate the day and pray, and they estimate the night and pray. Estimation is all they have. Yes.