The ruling on combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers due to rain

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is it permissible to combine the two prayers, Maghrib and 'Isha', in the rain that may have fallen yesterday?

Answer:
I do not know if it is left [uncombined] if the rain is falling and the one who comes to the prayer gets wet by it during its falling; this permits combining. Or if there is mud between you and the mosque, and mud and slippery ground and water, this permits combining. As for...
If the rain stops and there is no mud on the ground, then combining is not permissible. Or if the rain is light and does not wet the clothes, because some ignorant people, if they see a little dust, they combine, and there has been no rain; they combine for the dust. This is something they have not preceded to; it is not mentioned that dust permits combining. But the problem is that they play with the prayer. The prayer has a time; if you take it out of that time, it is not valid. If you perform the prayer outside its time without an excuse, it is not valid. The danger is great. So these people should fear Allah in themselves and in the Muslims, and not play with the prayer according to their whims and their independent reasoning. Yes.

The presenter:
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