Guidance on the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combining prayers without fear or rain
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the correct guidance regarding the authentic hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without fear or rain?
Answer:
This is the first point: there is no practice based on this among the people of knowledge. The scholars are unanimous in not acting upon this. Because it is impossible for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to combine prayers without a cause. There must be a cause. So what is the cause?
Since the excuse has not become clear to us, we suspend judgment and do not act upon this hadith. This is the correct position: that it is not acted upon, and judgment is suspended regarding it, because the excuse for which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers has not become clear. Therefore, it is among the difficult hadiths, the problematic narrations. And with problematic narrations, judgment is suspended until clarification arrives.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the correct guidance regarding the authentic hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without fear or rain?
Answer:
This is the first point: there is no practice based on this among the people of knowledge. The scholars are unanimous in not acting upon this. Because it is impossible for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to combine prayers without a cause. There must be a cause. So what is the cause?
Since the excuse has not become clear to us, we suspend judgment and do not act upon this hadith. This is the correct position: that it is not acted upon, and judgment is suspended regarding it, because the excuse for which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers has not become clear. Therefore, it is among the difficult hadiths, the problematic narrations. And with problematic narrations, judgment is suspended until clarification arrives.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/35 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:23:48)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.