A woman asks: Is it permissible for a woman to combine prayers in the cold and rain, just as men do?
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The questioner : This listener, G from the Kingdom, has a set of questions. In her first question, she asks: Is it permissible for a woman to combine prayers in the cold and rain, just as men do?
The Shaykh : I say that it is not permissible for a woman to combine prayers because of cold and rain, because combining is only permissible in cases of need and hardship in leaving it. A woman does not need to combine because of rain and cold, because she does not leave her house, unlike men who leave their houses to go to the mosques. It is difficult for them in severe cold with strong wind to return to the mosque. Therefore, if a person prays in his house, like a woman, a sick person, or the like, they do not combine because of rain or because of the cold that permits combining. The evidence for this is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) "That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers in Madinah without fear or rain, and he was asked (may Allah be pleased with him) about that" meaning why he combined "He said: I intended not to burden my Ummah" And this is evidence that combining is not permissible except if there is hardship in leaving it, meaning difficulty. Yes.
The Shaykh : I say that it is not permissible for a woman to combine prayers because of cold and rain, because combining is only permissible in cases of need and hardship in leaving it. A woman does not need to combine because of rain and cold, because she does not leave her house, unlike men who leave their houses to go to the mosques. It is difficult for them in severe cold with strong wind to return to the mosque. Therefore, if a person prays in his house, like a woman, a sick person, or the like, they do not combine because of rain or because of the cold that permits combining. The evidence for this is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) "That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers in Madinah without fear or rain, and he was asked (may Allah be pleased with him) about that" meaning why he combined "He said: I intended not to burden my Ummah" And this is evidence that combining is not permissible except if there is hardship in leaving it, meaning difficulty. Yes.