What is the ruling on combining the two prayers for one who does not agree with it behind the imam?

The questioner : Our Shaykh, may Allah bless you. Regarding the issue of combining prayers, we have benefited from you in that a person follows the imam in the matter of combining. That is, the imam’s default is to assess the situation, and the follower follows the imam. So, if my question is: if the follower is not convinced by the issue of combining, is it possible for him to combine with the intention of necessity, and then come at the time of the other prayer?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : I am not convinced by the issue of combining as a principle for the traveler, nor for combining between the two. These two. Now. May Allah forgive you and grant you good. I remembered a statement from which we benefited. And I explained to him the reason in the gathering. May Allah reward you with good. May Allah preserve you. Now, Shaykh, if the imam considered the condition of the weak person in this and combined, does the same previous issue apply to one who sees himself as strong?

The Shaykh : He considers the situation in general, not one weak person, a general picture. Then the individual, as you asked earlier, the individual, excuse me, the individual, is it clear?

The questioner : The individual means he repeats if he...

The Shaykh : The picture that was explained previously is...

The questioner : But if I don’t know, I mean, I didn’t understand and don’t need to...

The Shaykh : I did not clarify. I am saying that the imam is not obligated to follow an individual from the congregation, but rather he estimates the situation in general. If he is convinced that it is prescribed for the congregation to combine and everyone follows him, then if he finds an individual who is not convinced of the permissibility of this combining, at that time he does not leave the congregation as some of the extremists do; he prays with them, and then when he returns to his tent or his house, he prays in its time. If this imam does not pray in the mosque in the second prescribed time, because I think some of you remember that I mentioned that when the imam combines, he should not close the mosque in the time of the second prayer, because not everyone is able to attend the first prayer and combine. So it is necessary that these people come to pray, for example, the 'Asr prayer or the 'Isha' prayer in its prescribed time. If this imam is accustomed to come and pray a voluntary prayer a second time, or delegates another person, for example, to pray, then this individual who is not convinced of the legitimacy of this combining delays the prayer and comes to pray it in the mosque in its prescribed time.

The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh, but this detail, our Shaykh, if he is convinced of its legitimacy, as you mentioned, considering the general case, meaning for some of them, but he found himself strong, do you say he does not combine?

The Shaykh : He does not combine. He combines, but I am saying if he is not convinced.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : According to your first question. He prays the prayer in its time. We say once that if the strong...

The questioner : Combines with the prayer to gain the virtue of the first congregation in prayer with his imam, then comes with the voluntary prayer in its time.

The Shaykh : He is not convinced, I mean.

The questioner : Yes. He is everything. We. Now I say a question happened with us. We came to the mosque at the time of the night prayer, the imam was combining, and the important thing is the worshippers came and prayed, they offered the prayer, meaning, but the call to prayer had just ended, they prayed. Three, we came on the basis that it would be delayed ten minutes, in our consideration that the call to prayer is after the call to prayer, meaning waiting ten minutes. So, when we entered, we found these worshippers, we prayed as a congregation, we came. So, this prayer is valid in its time and its congregation in this mosque in this circumstance.

The Shaykh : Is it a valid prayer? Since you are saying after the call to prayer, why don’t you say it is a valid prayer?

The questioner : It is valid with the hadith from the aspect of the congregation. Repeatedly, repeatedly. In the same mosque, on this basis. He means the second congregation. We do not know.

The Shaykh : The prayer is valid in any case, even with these congregations that they do, the prayer is valid but contrary to the Sunnah.

The questioner : We say this is also contrary to the Sunnah? And if they offered it before the prayer, I mean, these who prayed, I mean.

The Shaykh : They did not offer it before the call to prayer, they offered it before their usual time.

The questioner : Yes, indeed. May Allah welcome you with good. That is enough, go with you. By Allah, my brother, if the person, for example, is among those with excuses and combined, so it became a combining, is it possible, I mean, according to the opinion of those who say to renew the wudu' for every prayer, if he exits, I mean, it is said that they do not know his condition, they think that he opposed the state of the congregation or something like that, so what is your opinion?

The Shaykh : And if they say. And if they say.

The questioner : I mean, he did not fear. A group.

The Shaykh : Yes, what does he do?

The questioner : I, professor, I do not know.

The Shaykh : No, what is possible? Please, go ahead.

The questioner : I mean, is it possible to make it right?

The Shaykh : Please.

The questioner : Is it possible to pray before performing ablution?

The Shaykh : We perform ablution.

The questioner : Wait, I mean, no offers were made.

The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. What happens if you throw what is on the ground? It is fine if it contains germs.

The questioner : Our brother Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, who does not see combining at a specific time, so the one who does not see combining at all, likewise it is said to him to pray like them and pray in the time, who? Your threads. Allah. Allah enters