Is it permissible for the brothers in Palestine and elsewhere to combine the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers during curfews in which the time of 'Isha' falls within the curfew period?

The questioner : Yes, now let me return to the question from our brothers in Khan Younis. They are asking two questions. The first question is whether it is permissible for them to combine 'Isha' with Maghrib.
The student : I was in a hurry...

The questioner : I mean, is it permissible for them to combine 'Isha' with Maghrib in the case of a curfew, meaning the curfew starts at nine o'clock, no one is allowed to go out, and it is nine to ten, I think.
The student : Nine, five, and twenty-five, the same time.

The questioner : Nine and a quarter.
The student : Nine and twenty-five.

The questioner : The 'Isha' adhan is called.
The student: Yes.

The questioner : Yes, our brother Samir said that combining is permissible due to the presence of fear, but our brothers said we should wait until a scholar comes to us. So he said, "We hope that if you see the Shaykh, you ask him this question." There is another question, but I will keep it for later.
The student : May Allah reward you with good. Despite the fact that the university in Gaza is not called Islamic, I say that combining is not permissible. I say that combining is not permissible.

The Shaykh : I say that this combining is permissible, but not on the basis of fear, because the fear mentioned in the verse: does not refer to fear in general, but rather to fear in war. This suffices us from this reasoning for which we do not find evidence that would suffice us. The hadith of Ibn 'Abbas in "Sahih Muslim" suffices us, which states: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in Madinah, without travel or rain ." They said: "What did he intend by that, O Abu al-'Abbas?" Abu al-'Abbas is the kunya of 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, Ibn 'Abbas. They said: "What did he intend by that, O Abu al-'Abbas?" He said: "He intended not to cause hardship for his Ummah." So, where there is hardship, combining is done, and where there is no hardship, it is obligatory to separate the two times and perform each prayer in its time with the congregation. Here is another issue: the matter revolves around the Muslims praying the 'Isha' prayer each in his own home, in which case they would miss the congregational prayer.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And between praying it combined, as a combination of advancing, with the Maghrib prayer, thereby obtaining the congregation. It is known from many authentic hadiths, and praise be to Allah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) established for his Ummah that when rains fall, the prayer is in the dwellings. It is also known that he ordered the mu'adhdhin on a rainy night to say: here there are two narrations. One narration says he should say after "Hayya 'ala al-salah" (Come to prayer), "Hayya 'ala al-falah" (Come to success) , and another narration says that he replaced "Hayya 'ala al-salah" with "Hayya 'ala al-falah" .

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted the believers in their homes that when rains fall, the prayer is in the dwellings, and permitted them to combine the two prayers as a combination of advancing when there is rain, because they might not be able to go out at the time of the last prayer, for example, to the mosque, then out of concern for performing the prayer with the congregation, he (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted them to combine the two prayers on the excuse of rain. The excuse I mentioned just now is undoubtedly stronger than these excuses for which the text explicitly came in the authentic hadiths. Added to this is the teaching of Ibn 'Abbas, or Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), regarding the combining of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in Madinah without any of the known excuses. Travel is an excuse for combining, and rain is an excuse for combining. Yet he says the Messenger (peace be upon him) combined without the excuse of rain and travel. What did he intend by that? He said: . So, they may combine the 'Isha' prayer as a combination of advancing with the Maghrib prayer. This is the answer to the first question. Yes.