The ruling on a worshipper leaving the mosque when combining prayers

Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Yesterday, in one of the mosques, the imam combined the prayers, and none of the worshippers objected to it. So he left the mosque. What is your opinion on such an action, knowing that he is a student of knowledge?

Answer:
Combining prayers is permissible; it is not a continuation. What is not disliked is permissible; what is not disliked is permissible. It is permissible for one to pray 'Isha' in its time or with another congregation. If he does so, he has done a permissible act; if he leaves it, he has left a permissible act. So if one is not reassured about the validity of the combination, there is no harm in delaying 'Isha' and praying it in its time or with another congregation. I say this is a broad view. And if there are no graves in it and its ground is pure, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: