The Sunnah of Combining and Shortening Prayers in War
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Question:
The brother Abu 'Umar al-Yamani from the land of Yemen says: In war, do we combine and shorten the prayers, or do we follow the default ruling? Knowing that battles intensify on some days and subside on others, what is the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding combining and shortening?
Answer:
The Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding combining and shortening is that if one is in war with the enemy, he combines and shortens. He combines the two prayers and shortens the four-rak'ah prayer to two rak'ahs. This is his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is from the perspective of making things easy for the Muslims. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah bless you.
The brother Abu 'Umar al-Yamani from the land of Yemen says: In war, do we combine and shorten the prayers, or do we follow the default ruling? Knowing that battles intensify on some days and subside on others, what is the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding combining and shortening?
Answer:
The Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding combining and shortening is that if one is in war with the enemy, he combines and shortens. He combines the two prayers and shortens the four-rak'ah prayer to two rak'ahs. This is his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is from the perspective of making things easy for the Muslims. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7504 — youtube.com (2:55)
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