Combining prayers during rain
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Is it permissible to combine prayers on a rainy night,Meaning: where the rain falls and stops, and sometimes it is heavy enough to wet the clothes, and sometimes it is just a drizzle, even if there is no rain at the time of prayer, or if it is just a drizzle?
First: We must know that prayer, as Allah Mighty and Majestic said: [Al-Nisa: 103] (a prescribed duty) meaning: an obligation, (at fixed times) meaning: fixed at a specific time, it is not permissible to advance it or delay it. If that is the case, then it is not possible to combine two prayers unless we are certain of the existence of an excuse. And when in doubt whether this is an excuse that permits combining or not, it is not permissible to combine while in doubt. So rain, for example, if it is falling and we see that it wets the clothes,And the meaning of wets the clothes: such that the garment needs to be wrung out from this rain, not just that a drop of water falls and the garment gets wet, that is not an excuse. But if it wets them to the extent that there is water in them which comes out when wrung, that wets the clothes. As for just a drizzle, it does not permit combining, unless there is mud on the ground or water and marshes that make it difficult for people, in which case there is no harm. So combining for rain is either due to an excuse on the ground or an excuse in the sky. The excuse on the ground is the mud and marshes that tire people, and the excuse in the sky is the heavy rain that wets the clothes. As for just drops, no.
Some people might say: Now there are small, few drops, and the sky is completely cloudy with clouds, thunder, and lightning, and there is a possibility that heavy rain will fall,We say: Yes, the possibility is present, but something that has not fallen, its knowledge is with Allah Mighty and Majestic. It may fall or it may not fall. So as long as the excuse is not present, the possibility that the excuse may exist is not a justification for combining. But suppose they did not combine, then they went out to their houses, then the sky rained heavily, what do they do?We say: They pray in their houses,The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: (Pray in your homes) on a rainy night or a very cold winter night.
In conclusion: That one does not combine unless the excuse is realized. As for before the realization of the excuse, combining is not permissible. But if what permits combining is found after the people have dispersed, let them pray in their houses. And in this case, if there is a congregation in the house, let them all pray together,Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (The prayer of a man with a man is purer than his prayer alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one man, and the more there are, the more beloved it is to Allah) .
First: We must know that prayer, as Allah Mighty and Majestic said:
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَاباً مَوْقُوتاًSome people might say: Now there are small, few drops, and the sky is completely cloudy with clouds, thunder, and lightning, and there is a possibility that heavy rain will fall,We say: Yes, the possibility is present, but something that has not fallen, its knowledge is with Allah Mighty and Majestic. It may fall or it may not fall. So as long as the excuse is not present, the possibility that the excuse may exist is not a justification for combining. But suppose they did not combine, then they went out to their houses, then the sky rained heavily, what do they do?We say: They pray in their houses,The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: (Pray in your homes) on a rainy night or a very cold winter night.
In conclusion: That one does not combine unless the excuse is realized. As for before the realization of the excuse, combining is not permissible. But if what permits combining is found after the people have dispersed, let them pray in their houses. And in this case, if there is a congregation in the house, let them all pray together,Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (The prayer of a man with a man is purer than his prayer alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one man, and the more there are, the more beloved it is to Allah) .