The ruling on combining two prayers in countries where the night and day are very long
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Question:
The second question is from the United Kingdom. He says: What is the ruling on combining two prayers? Here in the summer, we combine Maghrib and 'Isha', and many of the shaykhs and imams of the mosques issue rulings that it is permissible, because the time for 'Isha disappears during the summer. We combine them to avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
This issue was presented to the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) councils. In Makkah, at the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, and it was presented to the Council of Senior Scholars. It is the issue of countries where the night and day differ. Like the Scandinavian countries, where half the year is night and half is day, and the sun does not set for a period. Or it may disappear for a long time.
So the scholars exerted effort in this matter. Some of them said: They should consider the closest countries to them that have night and day, and follow them. They should take the timing of the closest people to them, where night and day come within twenty-four hours. And some of the scholars said something else. They said: Those who have night and day coming to them within twenty-four hours should consider the night prayers in the night, and the day prayers in the day, even if one is short and the other is long.
And what if night and day do not come to them within twenty-four hours? That is, six months of night and six months of day. What do these people do? As I mentioned to you, some said they should look at the closest country to them that has night and day and take its timing. And some said they should take the timing of Makkah and enter into the timing of Makkah. The research in this matter has not yet reached a final solution. I am not answering this now. This is presented to the Council of Senior Scholars or to the Permanent Committee, and they look into it in light of what has been issued by the councils and the Council of Senior Scholars. Yes.
The second question is from the United Kingdom. He says: What is the ruling on combining two prayers? Here in the summer, we combine Maghrib and 'Isha', and many of the shaykhs and imams of the mosques issue rulings that it is permissible, because the time for 'Isha disappears during the summer. We combine them to avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
This issue was presented to the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) councils. In Makkah, at the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, and it was presented to the Council of Senior Scholars. It is the issue of countries where the night and day differ. Like the Scandinavian countries, where half the year is night and half is day, and the sun does not set for a period. Or it may disappear for a long time.
So the scholars exerted effort in this matter. Some of them said: They should consider the closest countries to them that have night and day, and follow them. They should take the timing of the closest people to them, where night and day come within twenty-four hours. And some of the scholars said something else. They said: Those who have night and day coming to them within twenty-four hours should consider the night prayers in the night, and the day prayers in the day, even if one is short and the other is long.
And what if night and day do not come to them within twenty-four hours? That is, six months of night and six months of day. What do these people do? As I mentioned to you, some said they should look at the closest country to them that has night and day and take its timing. And some said they should take the timing of Makkah and enter into the timing of Makkah. The research in this matter has not yet reached a final solution. I am not answering this now. This is presented to the Council of Senior Scholars or to the Permanent Committee, and they look into it in light of what has been issued by the councils and the Council of Senior Scholars. Yes.
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