Is combining prayers while resident like combining them while traveling, in that neither Witr nor a recommended practice is performed between the two obligatory prayers?
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The Shaykh : Please, read the question.
The questioner : It says: Is combining prayers while resident like combining them while traveling, in that neither Witr nor a recommended practice is performed between the two obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh : If the intention behind "separating" is following the Sunnah, then the matter takes on a different aspect. However, if the intention is that it is not permissible to separate the two combined prayers while traveling, there is no evidence for that. If that is the case, then the ruling is the same for combining prayers while resident. As for what is considered the Sunnah in terms of what is more preferable, while traveling it is preferable to combine the two prayers directly, one after the other. As for while resident, I have mentioned more than once, in answer to a question like this, that combining prayers while traveling is not an absolute dispensation, but rather a permissible matter conditioned on removing hardship. If removing hardship necessitates separating them, then that is closer to this ruling, which is the permission to combine prayers while resident in order to remove hardship. However, if the hardship is removed by combining them directly, then that is what is required. Therefore, separating or joining the two prayers while traveling—excuse me—while resident depends on observing the removal of hardship. Whichever of joining or separating removes the hardship is the prescribed course. As for while traveling, it is known that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to combine them directly, so that is better. But this does not mean that if he separated them due to a need that arose for him, it would not be permissible for him to do so. The answer is: Yes, it is permissible. This is what I have, and Allah knows best.
The questioner : All right, the hadith: from Ibn Abbas.
The Shaykh : This is its completion, as I said earlier,.
The questioner : It says: Is combining prayers while resident like combining them while traveling, in that neither Witr nor a recommended practice is performed between the two obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh : If the intention behind "separating" is following the Sunnah, then the matter takes on a different aspect. However, if the intention is that it is not permissible to separate the two combined prayers while traveling, there is no evidence for that. If that is the case, then the ruling is the same for combining prayers while resident. As for what is considered the Sunnah in terms of what is more preferable, while traveling it is preferable to combine the two prayers directly, one after the other. As for while resident, I have mentioned more than once, in answer to a question like this, that combining prayers while traveling is not an absolute dispensation, but rather a permissible matter conditioned on removing hardship. If removing hardship necessitates separating them, then that is closer to this ruling, which is the permission to combine prayers while resident in order to remove hardship. However, if the hardship is removed by combining them directly, then that is what is required. Therefore, separating or joining the two prayers while traveling—excuse me—while resident depends on observing the removal of hardship. Whichever of joining or separating removes the hardship is the prescribed course. As for while traveling, it is known that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to combine them directly, so that is better. But this does not mean that if he separated them due to a need that arose for him, it would not be permissible for him to do so. The answer is: Yes, it is permissible. This is what I have, and Allah knows best.
The questioner : All right, the hadith:
He used to combine them without rain, travel, or fear.
كان يجمع من غير مطر ولا سفر أو وخوفThe Shaykh : This is its completion, as I said earlier,