The criterion for combining the two prayers due to rain
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the criterion for combining prayers due to rain?
Answer:
The criterion is rain that wets the clothes, as the scholars mentioned, or rain that leaves mud on the road between one’s home and the mosque. As for mere drizzle, this drizzle of rain is not an excuse and does not permit combining. Some imams, if they see the sky, they combine; yes, if they see the sky, they combine; if they see dust, they combine. O servants of Allah, the prayer is time-bound; every prayer has its time. It is not permissible to advance a prayer or delay it from its time except for a legitimate religious excuse. This is not permissible, and the prayer is not valid. Do not burden the people with you, the worshippers with you, with the burden you bear yourselves. Fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the criterion for combining prayers due to rain?
Answer:
The criterion is rain that wets the clothes, as the scholars mentioned, or rain that leaves mud on the road between one’s home and the mosque. As for mere drizzle, this drizzle of rain is not an excuse and does not permit combining. Some imams, if they see the sky, they combine; yes, if they see the sky, they combine; if they see dust, they combine. O servants of Allah, the prayer is time-bound; every prayer has its time. It is not permissible to advance a prayer or delay it from its time except for a legitimate religious excuse. This is not permissible, and the prayer is not valid. Do not burden the people with you, the worshippers with you, with the burden you bear yourselves. Fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ذكر تشهد ابن مسعود وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:08:46)
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