Combining prayers in the rain is due to hardship, not because of the rain itself
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Is combining prayers in the rain for the sake of hardship, or for the sake of the rain itself?
It is for the sake of hardship. The evidence for this is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) in Sahih Muslim: (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, without fear or rain,They said: What did he intend by that?He said: intending not to burden his Ummah) meaning: not to make it difficult for them. The issue indicates that it is for the sake of hardship.
It is for the sake of hardship. The evidence for this is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) in Sahih Muslim: (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, without fear or rain,They said: What did he intend by that?He said: intending not to burden his Ummah) meaning: not to make it difficult for them. The issue indicates that it is for the sake of hardship.