Combining Maghrib with 'Isha' and the second congregation
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The questioner : Combining Maghrib with 'Isha'.
The Shaykh : So if you want to say that it is like that, you have made two mistakes. The first mistake is in the wording, because he says it is by the wording. And we told you just now that the wording without the intention has no basis.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The second mistake is that a person can pray Maghrib in the time of Maghrib without intending to pray 'Isha' with Maghrib as a combined prayer in advance. It is permissible to do so, meaning a man enters the mosque and the Maghrib prayer has already been called for, and he did not hear the announcement that you are describing.
The Shaykh : So if you want to say that it is like that, you have made two mistakes. The first mistake is in the wording, because he says it is by the wording. And we told you just now that the wording without the intention has no basis.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The second mistake is that a person can pray Maghrib in the time of Maghrib without intending to pray 'Isha' with Maghrib as a combined prayer in advance. It is permissible to do so, meaning a man enters the mosque and the Maghrib prayer has already been called for, and he did not hear the announcement that you are describing.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 60 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (26:47)
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