Combining and Shortening the Prayer for the Traveler
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The questioner:
He says: If it is evening and the time for the Maghrib prayer has arrived, and before the time for the 'Isha' prayer by half an hour, and you sit for an hour, and people are praying in a mosque on the road, should I pray with them or wait until the 'Isha' prayer, and then I am with the people regarding the rumor?
The Shaykh:
As long as you remain a traveler, you may combine the prayers by advancing them, praying with them and combining, and you may delay them and combine by postponing, according to what is more convenient for you. Yes.
The questioner:
Your question: If one wants to combine his prayers and he has no concern, is it obligatory for him to follow between them or combine them in the time of his message?
The Shaykh:
No, no. Combining means the prayer is performed immediately after the prayer, with nothing separating them except the amount of time for the second call to prayer (iqamah) or a light ablution.
The questioner:
He says: I prayed the midday prayer (Zuhr) quickly and went to the views (ru'ya). The afternoon prayer (Asr) caught up with me. Should I pray Asr for it, or four rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: I prayed and performed the circumambulation (tawaf), O Lord, and left me. It became the end of the road, and I prayed the last two and four.
The Shaykh:
Shorten it, because you are not one who joined the prayer late. Shorten it to two rak'ahs, because you are not one who joined the prayer late. It is not obligatory for you to combine. Shortening is different from combining. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you
He says: If it is evening and the time for the Maghrib prayer has arrived, and before the time for the 'Isha' prayer by half an hour, and you sit for an hour, and people are praying in a mosque on the road, should I pray with them or wait until the 'Isha' prayer, and then I am with the people regarding the rumor?
The Shaykh:
As long as you remain a traveler, you may combine the prayers by advancing them, praying with them and combining, and you may delay them and combine by postponing, according to what is more convenient for you. Yes.
The questioner:
Your question: If one wants to combine his prayers and he has no concern, is it obligatory for him to follow between them or combine them in the time of his message?
The Shaykh:
No, no. Combining means the prayer is performed immediately after the prayer, with nothing separating them except the amount of time for the second call to prayer (iqamah) or a light ablution.
The questioner:
He says: I prayed the midday prayer (Zuhr) quickly and went to the views (ru'ya). The afternoon prayer (Asr) caught up with me. Should I pray Asr for it, or four rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: I prayed and performed the circumambulation (tawaf), O Lord, and left me. It became the end of the road, and I prayed the last two and four.
The Shaykh:
Shorten it, because you are not one who joined the prayer late. Shorten it to two rak'ahs, because you are not one who joined the prayer late. It is not obligatory for you to combine. Shortening is different from combining. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you
Source
وسطية الإسلام ومحاربة التطرف — alfawzan.live (47:03)
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