The hadith of Ibn 'Abbas regarding combining prayers without fear or rain

The questioner:
What is your statement regarding the hadith narrated by Muslim in his Sahih from Ibn Abbas, in which he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined ?

The Shaykh:
This famous hadith was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim in the two Sahihs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed eight rak'ahs in one session and seven rak'ahs in one session, combining Maghrib and 'Isha', and Zuhr and 'Asr. In a narration by Muslim, there is an addition: "without rain or mud, without rain or hardship." The scholars said that he combined the prayers for an excuse, other than these three: either illness, or slippery roads in the markets due to the effects of rain. Ibn 'Abbas said that he did not want to cause hardship for his Ummah. Causing hardship for them could be due to the presence of rain that leaves traces, resulting in slippery roads in the markets, or a general illness or epidemic that weakened people and made things difficult for them. Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the prayers. Or, he intended to make it clear to people that combining is permissible. Then the Shari'ah settled on the prohibition of combining without an excuse, as the evidence came later. When the times were established for people, and their beginning and end were clarified, and it was said that the prayer is between these two times, and 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said that combining without an excuse is one of the major sins. The answer to this is from several angles. The first is that he combined for a legitimate religious excuse, such as slippery roads in the markets or a general illness. The second angle is that he did so to avoid causing hardship for his Ummah due to circumstances that occurred at that time, for which the combination was necessary to avoid burdening them, and the prohibition was not clarified regarding what caused the combination. The third angle is that he combined before the Shari'ah had settled on the obligation of praying at its specific time and the impermissibility of combining except for a cause. Then the Shari'ah settled on the ruling that combining is not permissible except for a clear cause, such as illness or something similar, or travel. Yes.

Another questioner:
What is "dahr" to you, by Allah?

The questioner:
The sea, my friend.

The Shaykh:
"Dahdhash," dahdhash is slipping, mud, in which bodies slide.