Permissibility of combining prayers for one who finds it difficult to pray each obligatory prayer in its time
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The questioner: Is it permissible for a bedridden woman to combine prayers when going to visit or to go out, since repeating the ablution is burdensome for her, and she is unable to remain in a single state of ablution?
The Shaykh: It is permissible for a woman, or for anyone other than a woman, if it is difficult for her to pray each prayer in its time, to combine the midday and afternoon prayers, or the sunset and night prayers. It is also permissible for her to delay the midday prayer until the afternoon and perform the ablution for both. Then, when the sun sets, she brings the night prayer forward to the sunset time using the first ablution, so that this one ablution suffices her for four prayers.
The Shaykh: It is permissible for a woman, or for anyone other than a woman, if it is difficult for her to pray each prayer in its time, to combine the midday and afternoon prayers, or the sunset and night prayers. It is also permissible for her to delay the midday prayer until the afternoon and perform the ablution for both. Then, when the sun sets, she brings the night prayer forward to the sunset time using the first ablution, so that this one ablution suffices her for four prayers.