Combining the midday and afternoon prayers due to rain in the workplace

The questioner:
On this day, we were at our place of work, and the weather was cloudy and stormy, so we prayed the midday prayer and combined the afternoon prayer with it. After we finished praying, we left work, and the weather improved and the rain stopped. What is the ruling on the validity of this combination?

The Shaykh:
This combination is a mistake. One does not combine the midday and afternoon prayers; this is the correct position. So you must repeat the afternoon prayer. Also, you are not in a mosque; you are at work. So what is the reason for combining? And you want to leave when the work hours end; when the work is done, you want to go out, so there is no need for this combination. The combination is entirely a mistake, and you must repeat the afternoon prayer. Yes, because combining due to rain is specific to the sunset and night prayers, despite the disagreement on that. As for combining the midday and afternoon prayers, some scholars have said it is permissible, but the correct view is that it is not permissible.

The questioner:
The congregation in Makkah.

The Shaykh:
Those who combined in a mosque were following the ruling of their mufti. One of them sought knowledge. It is on their responsibility; it is on their responsibility and on the conscience of the one who issued the fatwa for them. Yes. But those who combine in the workplace have no right to combine, and I do not think anyone says that one combines the midday and afternoon prayers in the workplace. Yes, this disagreement is only regarding the congregation in the mosque. Yes.

The questioner:
If they are in a house, in a house or in a village or in Makkah.

The Shaykh:
If the people combine, they are allowed to combine, and they are in a house, but behind them they pray in the house, leaving the mosque.

The questioner:
Huh? The congregation of the house.

The Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible for them to combine unless the people of the town in which they are combine; their ruling is the ruling of the people of the town. Yes.

The questioner:
And the women now.

The Shaykh:
The women’s ruling is the ruling of the people of the town. If the people of the town combine, it is permissible for them to combine. Yes. And if the people of the town do not combine, they do not combine. Yes.