Some people object to the imam combining the two prayers in the rain
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: I am the imam of a mosque, and some people object to me when I combine the two prayers, saying that the roads are paved and there are cars that people can use to go to the mosque. What is your opinion?
Answer:
One does not look at the energetic person or the one who has a car; one looks at the elderly, the weak, and the old. As for the energetic one or the one with a luxurious or new car, he is not the one considered. If he wants not to combine, he does not combine; if he prefers not to combine, he does not combine. But if he deprives people of the dispensation (rukhsah) when they need it—because of their old age, their weak eyesight, the falling rain, and the wet streets—then we do not follow his preference. We follow the preference of the people who need it.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: I am the imam of a mosque, and some people object to me when I combine the two prayers, saying that the roads are paved and there are cars that people can use to go to the mosque. What is your opinion?
Answer:
One does not look at the energetic person or the one who has a car; one looks at the elderly, the weak, and the old. As for the energetic one or the one with a luxurious or new car, he is not the one considered. If he wants not to combine, he does not combine; if he prefers not to combine, he does not combine. But if he deprives people of the dispensation (rukhsah) when they need it—because of their old age, their weak eyesight, the falling rain, and the wet streets—then we do not follow his preference. We follow the preference of the people who need it.
Source
شرح عمدة الأحكام، باب الغسل من الجنابة — islamhouse.com (1:18:26)
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