Some people work in painting jobs, such as painting cars and walls, and their hands and faces get covered with these paints, and they find it difficult to remove them
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The Shaykh : Yes, please go ahead.
The questioner : Some people work in painting jobs, such as painting cars and walls, and their hands and faces get covered with some of these paints, and they find it very difficult to remove this every time. Does this mean it is permissible for them to leave some of these things when performing wudu', or is it permissible for them to combine some of the prayers to relieve the hardship they are in?
The Shaykh : First, they must do what they can to remove the traces of the paint, as it prevents water from reaching the skin. No, my brother, start from here, on your right, from here, yes. Anything that remains on the body and prevents water from reaching it must be removed within the limits of[At-Taghabun 64:16]. If the situation reaches a point of inability, or at least the presence of hardship, then we see no objection to taking the dispensation of combining prayers while residing. However, taking the dispensation of leaving the traces that prevent water from reaching the skin is, of course, not permissible, because the wudu' is not valid in that case. Combining is the way out.
The questioner : Is the way out the apparent combining, or...
The Shaykh : No, it is the actual combining. There is no apparent combining in the Shari'ah; it is only in the Hanafi school.
Al-Hawani: Yes, they have no evidence for apparent combining, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Apparent combining, even though it is far from evidence, contradicts the dispensation because it obliges the one who wants to combine to watch the last time. If only a few minutes remain before the last time, he starts the prayer, for example, the Zuhr prayer, such that when he finishes it, the time for 'Asr has entered. This is not a dispensation; there is hardship in it.
The questioner : ... in the hadith of the woman with irregular bleeding, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:.
The Shaykh : There is no shifting of the time of my prayer from its time, either by advancing it or delaying it. This is what is established.
Other than that?
The questioner : Some people work in painting jobs, such as painting cars and walls, and their hands and faces get covered with some of these paints, and they find it very difficult to remove this every time. Does this mean it is permissible for them to leave some of these things when performing wudu', or is it permissible for them to combine some of the prayers to relieve the hardship they are in?
The Shaykh : First, they must do what they can to remove the traces of the paint, as it prevents water from reaching the skin. No, my brother, start from here, on your right, from here, yes. Anything that remains on the body and prevents water from reaching it must be removed within the limits of
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe questioner : Is the way out the apparent combining, or...
The Shaykh : No, it is the actual combining. There is no apparent combining in the Shari'ah; it is only in the Hanafi school.
Al-Hawani: Yes, they have no evidence for apparent combining, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Apparent combining, even though it is far from evidence, contradicts the dispensation because it obliges the one who wants to combine to watch the last time. If only a few minutes remain before the last time, he starts the prayer, for example, the Zuhr prayer, such that when he finishes it, the time for 'Asr has entered. This is not a dispensation; there is hardship in it.
The questioner : ... in the hadith of the woman with irregular bleeding, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do you delay the Zuhr and advance the 'Asr?
أتؤخِّرين الظهر وتقدِّمين العصرThe Shaykh : There is no shifting of the time of my prayer from its time, either by advancing it or delaying it. This is what is established.
Other than that?
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