Is it permissible to combine prayers without any excuse?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to combine prayers without any excuse?
The Shaykh : The answer is that it is not permissible to combine prayers without an excuse, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:103] And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set times for the prayers and assigned a specific time for each prayer. Therefore, offering a prayer before its time or delaying it past its time without a valid legal excuse is transgressing the limits of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:229] [At-Talaq 65:1] So a person must offer each prayer in its time. However, if there is a need and it is difficult for a person to offer each prayer in its time, there is no blame on him to combine them in that case. He combines Zuhr and 'Asr, either by offering them early or late, whichever is easier for him, and he combines Maghrib and 'Isha', either by offering them early or late, whichever is easier for him. This is based on the saying of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', in Madinah, without fear or rain. He was asked about that, and he said: 'He intended not to cause hardship for his Ummah.'" Meaning that he did not want to bring hardship upon them by leaving off the combination. This is an indication from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that combining is not permissible except when there is hardship and difficulty in leaving it off. This is the definitive ruling. If a person combines the two prayers without a valid legal excuse, then the combined prayer offered in the time of the other is not accepted by Allah and is not valid. This is because he performed it in a manner that is not commanded by Allah and His Messenger. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Sahih Muslim 1718b Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
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The Shaykh : The answer is that it is not permissible to combine prayers without an excuse, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
But when you become secure, re-establish [regular] prayer. Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
فَإِذَا اطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ إِنَّ الصَّلاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًاAnd whoever transgresses the limits of Allah - it is those who are the wrongdoers.
وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَAnd whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself
وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُHe who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملاً ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردThe questioner : May Allah bless you.
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