Combining the midday and afternoon prayers while traveling when approaching the town
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I am on a journey and the time for the midday prayer catches up with me, is it permissible for me to combine the afternoon prayer with it if I will reach my area before the time for the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
It is permissible, but it is better that you delay the afternoon prayer and pray it in the town; that is the better and more preferable option. Even if you combine them, there is nothing wrong with it, because you do not know what may happen to you; perhaps something may occur that prevents you from arriving. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I am on a journey and the time for the midday prayer catches up with me, is it permissible for me to combine the afternoon prayer with it if I will reach my area before the time for the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
It is permissible, but it is better that you delay the afternoon prayer and pray it in the town; that is the better and more preferable option. Even if you combine them, there is nothing wrong with it, because you do not know what may happen to you; perhaps something may occur that prevents you from arriving. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب موقف الصبيان والنساء من الرجال — islamhouse.com (1:10:59)
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