The criterion for combining the two prayers due to rain
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: When is it permissible to combine prayers in the case of rain? And what is the criterion for the wetness that permits combining?
The Shaykh:
The one who.
The questioner:
It permits combining.
The Shaykh:
Combining prayers due to rain is not permissible except in two cases. The first case is when the rain wets the clothes, falling on the way to the mosque and wetting the clothes. As for light drizzle or a little rain, that is not enough. The second case is when the rain has stopped, but the ground is slippery and muddy, requiring a person to wade through it between his location and the mosque. However, if the ground is dry, paved, and has no water to wade through, then combining prayers due to rain is not permissible in this case because there is no valid excuse. But some people, if they see the sky looking dark, they combine before it rains and before anything happens, because they are going to rest stops. Some of them, as we have been informed, even combine because they are going to rest stops. This is betrayal, and may Allah protect us from it. They do not appoint someone to pray on their behalf, and they pray at their proper times without combining. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: When is it permissible to combine prayers in the case of rain? And what is the criterion for the wetness that permits combining?
The Shaykh:
The one who.
The questioner:
It permits combining.
The Shaykh:
Combining prayers due to rain is not permissible except in two cases. The first case is when the rain wets the clothes, falling on the way to the mosque and wetting the clothes. As for light drizzle or a little rain, that is not enough. The second case is when the rain has stopped, but the ground is slippery and muddy, requiring a person to wade through it between his location and the mosque. However, if the ground is dry, paved, and has no water to wade through, then combining prayers due to rain is not permissible in this case because there is no valid excuse. But some people, if they see the sky looking dark, they combine before it rains and before anything happens, because they are going to rest stops. Some of them, as we have been informed, even combine because they are going to rest stops. This is betrayal, and may Allah protect us from it. They do not appoint someone to pray on their behalf, and they pray at their proper times without combining. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (1:11:39)
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