A mosque imam combines the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers due to light cold; is that permissible for him?
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The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Shaykh Nasser.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: By Allah, if you please, I am calling from al-Zarqa. I want to ask you a question, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes, does it need an introduction?
The questioner: No, it doesn't need an introduction.
The Shaykh: Okay, go ahead and ask the question.
The questioner: In our mosque, the imam has been combining the prayers for the past two days or so, and today he combined the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, combining them by advancing them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So I want to see if this is permissible or how it is, or if there is an issue with it.
The Shaykh: Yes, just as you want to see from your side, I want to see from another side; I want to see the combining.
The questioner: Ah, I mean, regarding the ma'mum, what does it mean?
The Shaykh: What do you mean? You don't want to answer my question? I am rewarding you.
The questioner : I did not understand.
The Shaykh: Yes, that is what you say to me: "I didn't understand." This is reasonable speech, but when I ask you and you don't answer me and keep asking me another question, this will never end.
The questioner: Okay, may Allah reward you with good, but I didn't understand, I mean, excuse me, I didn't understand the question.
The Shaykh: And you, my dear, I am not taking you to task because you told me you didn't understand; I am taking you to task because you started asking me a second question.
The questioner: You shifted to another question.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Now I understand from you that you didn't understand my question, even though my question is clear, but you are not used to being asked; you are used to asking.
The questioner: We are simple, I mean.
The Shaykh: Excuse me, may you have goodness and blessings, if Allah wills. I am telling you that in order to answer your first question, I need to know why this imam combined the prayers. Is this question not clear?
The questioner: It is clear, of course.
The Shaykh: So think about it and answer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and it is long too.
The questioner: Okay, but still, I mean, Shaykh Nasser, for example, can a person leave his house at the time of 'Isha'?
The Shaykh: That is not enough either. The first time I told you I didn't understand. Now, did you understand or not?
The questioner: Of course, I understood.
The Shaykh: Did you understand or not?
The questioner: I understood, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Okay, give me the answer, may Allah guide you, and don't tell me "he can" or "he cannot."
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh: Give me the answer.
The questioner: The answer is that, of course, the circumstances, the circumstances are, I mean, due to the weather conditions.
The Shaykh: You are not even going to answer, are you? The circumstances could be fog, could be clouds, could be cold, could be snow, could be rain; all of these are circumstances.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Any circumstance, I mean, you are left with that.
The questioner: I mean the severe cold, because we are in al-Zarqa and there is no rain, I mean, like you have in Amman.
The Shaykh: And why are you explaining to me that there is rain or not? And why do you say there is no rain for us like there is for you? It is not necessary for it to be like ours; maybe one day it will rain for you and we won't see it.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh: And the reverse is the reverse. What do you want with this lecture? May Allah guide you. Tell me why this man combined the prayers?
The Shaykh: By Allah, I don't know exactly. All I know is that it is due to, I mean, the weather conditions.
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you, may Allah forgive you.
The questioner: May Allah listen to you.
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you.
The questioner: We called based on the fact that we are taking the answer from you, I mean.
The Shaykh: But you don't even know what your question is, so that I can know it and answer it for you. So what is your question? You don't know it yourself, because your question is built on the assumption that the imam combined the prayers for the sake of rain. Is there rain? There is no rain. The imam combined the prayers for the sake of the cold. Is there cold? Do you want to show me? You tell me the reason.
The questioner: There is cold, but very light, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes, this cold does not justify combining the prayers, especially for the young people, like in your story. Perhaps your imam is like my story.
The questioner: No, no, I mean, approximately middle-aged.
The Shaykh: Middle-aged. If combining the prayers is not permissible for such cold, and peace be upon you, because there are people waiting.
The questioner : Okay, okay.
The Shaykh: For their turn to ask.
The questioner: Okay, let's go, peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Shaykh Nasser.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: By Allah, if you please, I am calling from al-Zarqa. I want to ask you a question, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes, does it need an introduction?
The questioner: No, it doesn't need an introduction.
The Shaykh: Okay, go ahead and ask the question.
The questioner: In our mosque, the imam has been combining the prayers for the past two days or so, and today he combined the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, combining them by advancing them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So I want to see if this is permissible or how it is, or if there is an issue with it.
The Shaykh: Yes, just as you want to see from your side, I want to see from another side; I want to see the combining.
The questioner: Ah, I mean, regarding the ma'mum, what does it mean?
The Shaykh: What do you mean? You don't want to answer my question? I am rewarding you.
The questioner : I did not understand.
The Shaykh: Yes, that is what you say to me: "I didn't understand." This is reasonable speech, but when I ask you and you don't answer me and keep asking me another question, this will never end.
The questioner: Okay, may Allah reward you with good, but I didn't understand, I mean, excuse me, I didn't understand the question.
The Shaykh: And you, my dear, I am not taking you to task because you told me you didn't understand; I am taking you to task because you started asking me a second question.
The questioner: You shifted to another question.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Now I understand from you that you didn't understand my question, even though my question is clear, but you are not used to being asked; you are used to asking.
The questioner: We are simple, I mean.
The Shaykh: Excuse me, may you have goodness and blessings, if Allah wills. I am telling you that in order to answer your first question, I need to know why this imam combined the prayers. Is this question not clear?
The questioner: It is clear, of course.
The Shaykh: So think about it and answer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and it is long too.
The questioner: Okay, but still, I mean, Shaykh Nasser, for example, can a person leave his house at the time of 'Isha'?
The Shaykh: That is not enough either. The first time I told you I didn't understand. Now, did you understand or not?
The questioner: Of course, I understood.
The Shaykh: Did you understand or not?
The questioner: I understood, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Okay, give me the answer, may Allah guide you, and don't tell me "he can" or "he cannot."
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh: Give me the answer.
The questioner: The answer is that, of course, the circumstances, the circumstances are, I mean, due to the weather conditions.
The Shaykh: You are not even going to answer, are you? The circumstances could be fog, could be clouds, could be cold, could be snow, could be rain; all of these are circumstances.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Any circumstance, I mean, you are left with that.
The questioner: I mean the severe cold, because we are in al-Zarqa and there is no rain, I mean, like you have in Amman.
The Shaykh: And why are you explaining to me that there is rain or not? And why do you say there is no rain for us like there is for you? It is not necessary for it to be like ours; maybe one day it will rain for you and we won't see it.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh: And the reverse is the reverse. What do you want with this lecture? May Allah guide you. Tell me why this man combined the prayers?
The Shaykh: By Allah, I don't know exactly. All I know is that it is due to, I mean, the weather conditions.
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you, may Allah forgive you.
The questioner: May Allah listen to you.
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you.
The questioner: We called based on the fact that we are taking the answer from you, I mean.
The Shaykh: But you don't even know what your question is, so that I can know it and answer it for you. So what is your question? You don't know it yourself, because your question is built on the assumption that the imam combined the prayers for the sake of rain. Is there rain? There is no rain. The imam combined the prayers for the sake of the cold. Is there cold? Do you want to show me? You tell me the reason.
The questioner: There is cold, but very light, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes, this cold does not justify combining the prayers, especially for the young people, like in your story. Perhaps your imam is like my story.
The questioner: No, no, I mean, approximately middle-aged.
The Shaykh: Middle-aged. If combining the prayers is not permissible for such cold, and peace be upon you, because there are people waiting.
The questioner : Okay, okay.
The Shaykh: For their turn to ask.
The questioner: Okay, let's go, peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
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