The ruling on one who sleeps through the prayer in order to stay up at night, and whether he may combine prayers
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Some of the brothers, during exam periods, sleep from the midday prayer and do not get up until after the night prayer so that they can stay up to study. What is your opinion?The Shaykh: And he sleeps through the midday prayer?The questioner: No.
He prays the midday prayer and then sleeps, not getting up until after the night prayer.
The Shaykh: And the 'Asr?The questioner: He does not pray the afternoon, sunset, or night prayers so that he can get up to study.
The Shaykh: The afternoon prayer is the middle prayer for which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the tribes when they kept them from it.
But if he is healthy and is tired and unable to do so because sleep has taken hold of him strongly, let him combine the afternoon prayer with the midday prayer.
The questioner: He prays the afternoon prayer with the midday prayer. The Shaykh: You did not say he combines them.You said: He prays the midday prayer and then sleeps.
I say: Combining prayers is permissible if it is difficult for a person to pray each prayer in its proper time.From the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): (That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the midday and afternoon prayers in Medina without fear or rain) They said: He intended not to burden his Ummah. This indicates that the basis of the ruling on combining prayers is hardship.
He prays the midday prayer and then sleeps, not getting up until after the night prayer.
The Shaykh: And the 'Asr?The questioner: He does not pray the afternoon, sunset, or night prayers so that he can get up to study.
The Shaykh: The afternoon prayer is the middle prayer for which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the tribes when they kept them from it.
But if he is healthy and is tired and unable to do so because sleep has taken hold of him strongly, let him combine the afternoon prayer with the midday prayer.
The questioner: He prays the afternoon prayer with the midday prayer. The Shaykh: You did not say he combines them.You said: He prays the midday prayer and then sleeps.
I say: Combining prayers is permissible if it is difficult for a person to pray each prayer in its proper time.From the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): (That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the midday and afternoon prayers in Medina without fear or rain) They said: He intended not to burden his Ummah. This indicates that the basis of the ruling on combining prayers is hardship.