What is the legal criterion for combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in the case of rain?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the legal criterion for combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in the case of rain?
The Shaykh:
That the rain falls heavily enough to wet the clothes, and that it leaves water, mud, or clay on the road between them and the mosque. This is the rain for which combining is permitted. Yes.
The presenter:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for light rain that does not wet the clothes, combining is not permitted for it. And as for rain that, once it stops, leaves the streets dry, with no mud and no water, this does not permit combining because the excuse has ceased. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the legal criterion for combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in the case of rain?
The Shaykh:
That the rain falls heavily enough to wet the clothes, and that it leaves water, mud, or clay on the road between them and the mosque. This is the rain for which combining is permitted. Yes.
The presenter:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for light rain that does not wet the clothes, combining is not permitted for it. And as for rain that, once it stops, leaves the streets dry, with no mud and no water, this does not permit combining because the excuse has ceased. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [191 /1350] ما هو الضابط الشرعي في الجمع بين المغرب والعشاء في حال المطر؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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