What is the ruling on one who leaves the prayers during work due to the absence of clean clothes and combines the prayers after work?
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Question:
I work as a painter with a monthly salary. While I am at work, the adhan is called for the midday and afternoon prayers, and sometimes for the sunset prayer. I am unable to pray at work because there are no clean clothes available for prayer. So, when I return from work, I perform wudu and pray the midday, afternoon, and sunset prayers together, and I pray the night prayer in the mosque. Do I have a sin upon me? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. As for what follows, the prayer is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam after the two testimonies. Allah has commanded its performance, its establishment, and its maintenance at its appointed times in congregation in the mosques. This is obligatory upon every Muslim, and no act of worship takes precedence over it. It is to be performed in its time as Allah the Exalted has commanded, not[Al-Munafiqun 63:9]. Even in a state of fear and combat, facing the enemy, the prayer is established in congregation, as stated in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), such as the prayer of fear. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:238-239] meaning: pray while you are walking or while you are riding.
Therefore, do not delay the prayer beyond its time; rather, it is prayed according to one's ability. The state of being a painter, as the questioner mentions, and his working in the trade of painting, does not excuse him from performing the prayer at its appointed times. As for the clothes he mentioned, he prays in his clothes because the paints are pure and contain no impurity. He prays in his clothes even if they have some paint on them.
If he sets aside a garment to pray in and wears different clothes for work and a garment he keeps for prayer, that is a good thing. However, leaving the prayer as mentioned throughout the day and not praying it except at night is a great error and a serious mistake. But the daytime prayer is not accepted if delayed to the night intentionally, just as the night prayer is not accepted if delayed to the day intentionally without a valid legal excuse. This is not a valid legal excuse. He the Exalted says:[An-Nisa 4:103] specifying its times from which one must not deviate. This is ignorance on the part of the questioner and a major error. He must repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic, pray with the Muslim congregation in the mosques, and leave his work until he prays and arrives. When he hears the mu'adhdhin, he should head to the prayer. When the prayer is finished, he returns to his work. [Al-Jumu'ah 62:10]
I work as a painter with a monthly salary. While I am at work, the adhan is called for the midday and afternoon prayers, and sometimes for the sunset prayer. I am unable to pray at work because there are no clean clothes available for prayer. So, when I return from work, I perform wudu and pray the midday, afternoon, and sunset prayers together, and I pray the night prayer in the mosque. Do I have a sin upon me? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. As for what follows, the prayer is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam after the two testimonies. Allah has commanded its performance, its establishment, and its maintenance at its appointed times in congregation in the mosques. This is obligatory upon every Muslim, and no act of worship takes precedence over it. It is to be performed in its time as Allah the Exalted has commanded, not
O you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from remembrance of Allah. And whoever does that - then those are the losers.
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ(238) Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient. (239) And if you fear [an enemy, then pray] on foot or riding
حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًاTherefore, do not delay the prayer beyond its time; rather, it is prayed according to one's ability. The state of being a painter, as the questioner mentions, and his working in the trade of painting, does not excuse him from performing the prayer at its appointed times. As for the clothes he mentioned, he prays in his clothes because the paints are pure and contain no impurity. He prays in his clothes even if they have some paint on them.
If he sets aside a garment to pray in and wears different clothes for work and a garment he keeps for prayer, that is a good thing. However, leaving the prayer as mentioned throughout the day and not praying it except at night is a great error and a serious mistake. But the daytime prayer is not accepted if delayed to the night intentionally, just as the night prayer is not accepted if delayed to the day intentionally without a valid legal excuse. This is not a valid legal excuse. He the Exalted says:
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًاAnd when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah often that you may succeed.
فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَانتَشِرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَابْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يترك الصلوات أثناء العمل لعدم وجود ملابس نظيفة ويجمع الصلوات بعد العمل؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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