I used to travel with my father when I was young and had not yet reached puberty. My father would combine the Friday prayer with the 'Asr prayer, and I and my brothers would pray with him. Some people told him

The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : I used to travel with my father when I was young and had not yet reached puberty. My father would combine the Friday prayer with the 'Asr prayer.

The Shaykh : Or the 'Asr with the Friday prayer.

The questioner : He says he combines the Friday prayer and the 'Asr.

The Shaykh : And the 'Asr.

The questioner : And I and my brothers would pray with him. Some people told him: This action is not permissible, because His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen issued a ruling to that effect. So my father went and asked, and some scholars issued a ruling for him, saying: It is permissible for you to combine the Friday prayer with the 'Asr prayer, because travel has a special characteristic. After a while, my father stopped combining them. Do we have to make up the prayers that were missed?

The Shaykh : As for the young ones, they do not have to make up the prayers, because they were below the age of puberty and thus not accountable. As for the adults, as long as they consulted a scholar, the sin is on the one who issued the ruling for them, and they owe nothing.
As for the ruling on the issue: The Sunnah indicates, indeed the Qur'an and the Sunnah indicate, that it is not permissible to combine the 'Asr prayer with the Friday prayer, neither in travel nor in residence. What is the evidence from the Noble Qur'an? The evidence is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: What is it? . It has a specific time. If a person prays a prayer before its time, it is not valid, unless it is established that it is combined with the prayer before it, in which case it is valid. Here we say: The Sunnah indicated that the 'Asr is not combined with the Friday prayer, despite the presence of a reason for combining, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not combine them. I ask now: Is rain a reason for combining or not? Yes? Mud in the markets is a reason for combining. This occurred during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not combine the 'Asr. This is in what al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others narrated from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): . - So what did 'Abd al-Rahman say? - Yes. . Glory be to Allah! Indeed, Allah is Able to do all things . Why was the rain dripping from his beard? Because the roof of the mosque was made of palm fronds. Do you know what a palm-frond roof is? For example, in al-Falayyah, there are orchards called a palm-frond roof, or they call it majabb or hadar, made of palm fronds. So the rain came down from above onto the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was delivering the sermon. It did not stop until the rain was dripping from his beard. Then he prayed, and the rain continued for a full week, night and day, without stopping. They did not see the sun. In the second Friday, a man, or the first man, entered and said: Where did the flood come from? From the rain. It is possible that the crops were flooded due to the heavy rains. It is possible that the livestock were swept away by the wadis and perished. As for the collapse of the buildings, that is clear, because the buildings were made of clay and they collapsed. . Allahu Akbar! Glory be to Allah the Great! It cleared by the command of the Messenger. I ask you by the command of whom? By the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So the people went out walking in the sun. Now, the first Friday had a reason for combining, which was the rain, and he did not combine. The second had a reason for combining, which was the mud, and he did not combine. It is well known that if combining were permissible, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would have done it, because he was merciful and compassionate to the believers. . Then we say: Is the Friday prayer like the Zuhr prayer, or does it differ from it in rulings? It differs from it in more than thirty rulings. So how is it correct to analogize the Friday prayer to the Zuhr prayer? This is a defective analogy, due to the presence of a text that prevents the analogy, and due to the clear difference that necessitates distinction. So whoever says it is permissible to combine the 'Asr with the Friday prayer has erred. And the evidence, as you heard from the Qur'an: . And the principle is that the 'Asr is not prayed except when the time of 'Asr enters. And from the Sunnah, as you heard. And the analogy is not correct.
First: because it contradicts the evidence.
And second: because it is an analogy with a difference. A branch is not analogized to a root unless they are similar in every respect. Yes.
Alright, distribute the prize.
The student: These are prizes organized by the Dawah Center for a scientific course during the summer vacation for two weeks. There were a number of shaykhs, including Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Saleh al-Dahish. And a number of students were assigned research papers. So we wanted their honor to be in the hands of our father, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saleh al-'Uthaymeen.
Brother Yusuf al-'Abd Allah al-Bassam. - This research and this one. Yusuf al-'Abd Allah al-Bassam.

The Shaykh : It can be the prize.
The student: Is it available?
Brother 'Abd al-'Aziz Muhammad al-Rays.

The Shaykh : 'Abd al-'Aziz Muhammad al-Rays.
The student: Brother Ahmad al-Hatallani.

The Shaykh : What is the research?

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you in it.
The student: It will be delivered by His EminenceThe Shaykh : Sa'id ibn Masfir al-Qahatani next Tuesday, if Allah wills, after the Maghrib prayer, a lecture at the Qurtubah Mosque titled: "The Blessing of Faith". And on Wednesday after Maghrib at the Great Mosque in al-Mudhnab, titled: "Avoid the Seven Destructive Sins". And on Thursday after Maghrib also at the Mosque of the Custodians of the Two Holy Mosques in Buraydah, titled: "Lethargy in the Life of Youth". In addition to the Friday sermon in the city of al-Ras.
May Allah reward our father with the best reward and benefit us all with what we heard, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad.