The Intention of Combining Two Prayers and Combining After Rain Falls
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The questioner:
This is the imam of a mosque who sent a message asking about the issue of combining prayers. He says: Honorable Shaykh, if the condition for combining is met, is it required to have the intention of combining before the first prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is required to have the intention in the first prayer if the prayer was brought forward. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Sometimes, when we pray Maghrib and it rains after the Maghrib prayer ends, the congregation asks me to combine 'Isha' with them, so we combine them. Please advise us, may Allah bless you?
The Shaykh:
If the rain is falling and wetting the clothes, or leaving mud on the road to the mosque, then they combine to avoid hardship. Yes.
This is the imam of a mosque who sent a message asking about the issue of combining prayers. He says: Honorable Shaykh, if the condition for combining is met, is it required to have the intention of combining before the first prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is required to have the intention in the first prayer if the prayer was brought forward. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Sometimes, when we pray Maghrib and it rains after the Maghrib prayer ends, the congregation asks me to combine 'Isha' with them, so we combine them. Please advise us, may Allah bless you?
The Shaykh:
If the rain is falling and wetting the clothes, or leaving mud on the road to the mosque, then they combine to avoid hardship. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 04 / فتاوى على الهواء - 22 01 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (26:19)
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