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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on delaying the Zuhr prayer when people prefer to pray it early

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Question:
Thank you. When the heat is intense in the desert, and I want to work on this hadith, the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, which is the intended prayer, and the command for people, or those who complained about the delay, they say that we have not seen anyone do this with us, and we have not made the forbidden permissible, knowing that we are not on another day, so what is the response to them? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Delaying the prayer is a recommended practice (sunnah), not obligatory. Delaying the prayer is a recommended practice. So if people desire, if they desire it, he did not command the delay except for their benefit and consideration of their situation. So if they request the prayer at the beginning of its time, there is no harm in that, because their circumstances are considered in this. People now are in occupations, jobs, and work. People in the first time, in the midday heat, used to lengthen [their rest]. People, until a time close to now that we experienced, used to work at the beginning of the day, then lengthen [their rest] before Zuhr, and rest before Zuhr. They would sleep, and it would cool down for them from the prayer for their comfort. But now they do not take a midday nap and they do not rest; the situation has changed. So if the matter requires that it is more comfortable for them to hasten the prayer at the beginning of its time, there is no harm in that. It is a matter of considering the circumstances of the congregation, as mentioned previously regarding 'Isha'. He (peace and blessings be upon him) loved to delay it, and delaying it is better, but if that entails hardship for the congregation, then the less preferred is brought forward over the preferred, considering the circumstances of the congregation. So there is no blame in that, praise be to Allah.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب المواقيت - 1 — islamhouse.com (45:04)

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