Is it permissible to combine prayers in rain that does not cause people any harm?
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Question:
The questioner says: We live in an apartment building, and there are many of us. The mosque is in the same building. When it rains, it does not affect us in the least. Is it permissible for us to combine prayers in this situation?
Answer:
Yes, if the people of the town combine, you combine with them. They say that even the one who prays in his home combines, just as the people combine, due to the generality of the dispensation. Leaving off the combining is permissible; it is not a recommended practice, nor is there any reward in it. It is merely permissible to remove hardship. If you act upon it, there is nothing wrong with it, and if you leave it off, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The questioner says: We live in an apartment building, and there are many of us. The mosque is in the same building. When it rains, it does not affect us in the least. Is it permissible for us to combine prayers in this situation?
Answer:
Yes, if the people of the town combine, you combine with them. They say that even the one who prays in his home combines, just as the people combine, due to the generality of the dispensation. Leaving off the combining is permissible; it is not a recommended practice, nor is there any reward in it. It is merely permissible to remove hardship. If you act upon it, there is nothing wrong with it, and if you leave it off, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الجمع في المطر الذي لم يُصب الناس بضرر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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