If the imam combines the midday and afternoon prayers due to the cold, and there is no rain, is it obligatory for me to combine with him?

The questioner : Shaykh, we have two questions, and we ask Allah to bear with us in them, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills.

The questioner : The first question: If the conditions for combining prayers in the form of advancing the prayer are not met, do I pray? I mean, the sun is like... like this, and the sun is out, and there is absolutely no rain, and he advanced the afternoon prayer.

The Shaykh : Why did he combine?

The questioner : He does it like this.

The Shaykh : Not like that, I do not understand it like that.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : I am asking why he combined?

The questioner : Because of the cold weather, despite the presence of the sun.

The Shaykh : You pray with the imam.

The questioner : And if I do not pray?

The Shaykh : It is not permissible.

The questioner : It is not permissible?

The Shaykh : You would be opposing the congregation.

The questioner : He would be opposing the congregation.