Ruling on Combining Prayers in Government Offices
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Is it permissible for those who pray in their offices to combine prayers in their workplaces when it is raining?
However, if they know that the people in the town will be combining their prayers, there is no harm in their combining as well, in order to achieve the congregation, because combining for the sake of achieving the congregation is permissible. But if they know that the people will not be combining, then leaving off the combining is the correct course.
Meaning: If it happens that their work continues until the time of the 'Asr prayer enters, then combining is not permissible, because combining is not for the rain itself, but for the hardship caused by the rain.
And the rain is not like travel, because it is not for hardship. This is why 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers in Madinah without fear or rain,They said: What did he intend by that?He said: He intended not to burden his Ummah) meaning: not to make it difficult for them by leaving off the combining if it is difficult for them to pray at every time.
However, if they know that the people in the town will be combining their prayers, there is no harm in their combining as well, in order to achieve the congregation, because combining for the sake of achieving the congregation is permissible. But if they know that the people will not be combining, then leaving off the combining is the correct course.
Meaning: If it happens that their work continues until the time of the 'Asr prayer enters, then combining is not permissible, because combining is not for the rain itself, but for the hardship caused by the rain.
And the rain is not like travel, because it is not for hardship. This is why 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers in Madinah without fear or rain,They said: What did he intend by that?He said: He intended not to burden his Ummah) meaning: not to make it difficult for them by leaving off the combining if it is difficult for them to pray at every time.