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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The traveler who missed the Friday prayer and combined the afternoon prayer with it

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Question:
I ask Allah for well-being. If a traveler is on a valid journey on Friday and misses the Friday prayer, it is obligatory for him to pray the midday prayer. Is it permissible for him to pray it as two units and combine the afternoon prayer with it?

Answer:
If he is present with the people for the Friday prayer, he should pray Friday with them and attain the virtue of Friday. He should not combine the afternoon prayer with it, because the afternoon prayer is not of the same kind as the Friday prayer. Why would he deprive himself of the great Friday prayer, which contains great virtue, and intend it as the midday prayer just to combine the afternoon prayer with it? What is the reason for that? He would miss the reward of Friday, this great act of worship, in order to combine the afternoon prayer with it. He prays the midday prayer and combines the afternoon prayer with it, attempting something that is not good. Yes.
Source شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وهو القوي له القوى جمعا تعالى الله ذو الأكوان والسلطان — islamhouse.com (56:41)

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