The Criterion of Difficulty in Combining Prayers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the criterion for the difficulty that makes it permissible to combine prayers?
Answer:
Travel. Combining prayers is for the one who shortens the prayer while traveling. As for in the city, combining is permissible for the sick person if the sick person needs to combine. Likewise, combining Maghrib and 'Isha' is permissible in the case of rain.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the criterion for the difficulty that makes it permissible to combine prayers?
Answer:
Travel. Combining prayers is for the one who shortens the prayer while traveling. As for in the city, combining is permissible for the sick person if the sick person needs to combine. Likewise, combining Maghrib and 'Isha' is permissible in the case of rain.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (1:13:10)
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