What is your opinion on arguing with the formal combination of prayers?
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The student : Our brothers.
Another student: There are no points left for him.
The student : The same topic.
Another student: Yes.
The student: Go ahead.
The questioner : And they argue with the formal combination of prayers, saying, "So what is your response?"
The Shaykh : ... It has no basis.
The questioner : It has no basis. May Allah reward you with good. They say regarding the formal combination of prayers that they delay the Zuhr prayer until the end of its time, so when he prays and says the closing salam, he enters the time of 'Asr...
The Shaykh : The formal combination of prayers is refuted, invalidated, and denied by three things.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Two of them are explicitly stated in the Shari'ah, and the third is a derivation and inference. The first explicitly stated matter is that it is established in the authentic Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to delay the Zuhr prayer until the beginning of the time of the 'Asr prayer. This is a formal combination.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : This is a real combination. The second matter, which is stronger in its indication of the invalidity of the formal combination, is that it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers by advancing them: he advanced Zuhr to the time of 'Asr, and advanced 'Isha' to the time of Maghrib. And this is the formal combination.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : These are two texts. As for the inference, you have just learned from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without travel or rain, Ibn 'Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only combined prayers so as not to burden his Ummah."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, in the formal combination, it is the burden.
The questioner: Authentic, yes.
The Shaykh : The formal combination is the burden because it commands the one who wants to pray Zuhr to delay it until just before the 'Asr prayer, so he barely finishes saying the salam before he enters the time of 'Asr.
The student : It is a burden.
The Shaykh : What is this? Please, go ahead.
Another student: There are no points left for him.
The student : The same topic.
Another student: Yes.
The student: Go ahead.
The questioner : And they argue with the formal combination of prayers, saying, "So what is your response?"
The Shaykh : ... It has no basis.
The questioner : It has no basis. May Allah reward you with good. They say regarding the formal combination of prayers that they delay the Zuhr prayer until the end of its time, so when he prays and says the closing salam, he enters the time of 'Asr...
The Shaykh : The formal combination of prayers is refuted, invalidated, and denied by three things.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Two of them are explicitly stated in the Shari'ah, and the third is a derivation and inference. The first explicitly stated matter is that it is established in the authentic Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to delay the Zuhr prayer until the beginning of the time of the 'Asr prayer. This is a formal combination.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : This is a real combination. The second matter, which is stronger in its indication of the invalidity of the formal combination, is that it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers by advancing them: he advanced Zuhr to the time of 'Asr, and advanced 'Isha' to the time of Maghrib. And this is the formal combination.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : These are two texts. As for the inference, you have just learned from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without travel or rain, Ibn 'Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only combined prayers so as not to burden his Ummah."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, in the formal combination, it is the burden.
The questioner: Authentic, yes.
The Shaykh : The formal combination is the burden because it commands the one who wants to pray Zuhr to delay it until just before the 'Asr prayer, so he barely finishes saying the salam before he enters the time of 'Asr.
The student : It is a burden.
The Shaykh : What is this? Please, go ahead.
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