If a traveler prays Jumu'ah as a shortened Zuhr, may he combine 'Asr with it?
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The questioner : He says: If a traveler prays Zuhr shortened on Friday, does this count as Zuhr with which 'Asr can be combined? And is it permissible to combine 'Asr with Zuhr? Is the previous question about combining prayers?
The Shaykh : We have already spoken about this. What did we say? We said that some people said: Pray Jumu'ah with the intention of Zuhr so that you can combine 'Asr with it. But we said that this causes you to miss what? The virtue of Jumu'ah. And the virtue of Jumu'ah is a matter in which one must not be careless, because Jumu'ah is only one day in the week. If you intend to pray Zuhr in this week, you do not know whether you will catch the next Jumu'ah or not. So, missing this great matter, which Allah led the Jews and Christians astray from and chose for this Ummah, just so that you can combine 'Asr with Zuhr, is certainly a short-sightedness. So, pray Jumu'ah and do not combine 'Asr with it. And when the time for 'Asr prayer arrives, pray 'Asr. Yes, combining Zuhr and 'Asr is permissible for the traveler, even if you were, for example, passing through a town and you prayed Zuhr with the people, then combine 'Asr with it so that you can continue your journey.
The questioner : The rain?
The Shaykh : The rain also allows combining Zuhr and 'Asr with difficulty, because Muslim narrated in his *Sahih* from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).
The Shaykh : We have already spoken about this. What did we say? We said that some people said: Pray Jumu'ah with the intention of Zuhr so that you can combine 'Asr with it. But we said that this causes you to miss what? The virtue of Jumu'ah. And the virtue of Jumu'ah is a matter in which one must not be careless, because Jumu'ah is only one day in the week. If you intend to pray Zuhr in this week, you do not know whether you will catch the next Jumu'ah or not. So, missing this great matter, which Allah led the Jews and Christians astray from and chose for this Ummah, just so that you can combine 'Asr with Zuhr, is certainly a short-sightedness. So, pray Jumu'ah and do not combine 'Asr with it. And when the time for 'Asr prayer arrives, pray 'Asr. Yes, combining Zuhr and 'Asr is permissible for the traveler, even if you were, for example, passing through a town and you prayed Zuhr with the people, then combine 'Asr with it so that you can continue your journey.
The questioner : The rain?
The Shaykh : The rain also allows combining Zuhr and 'Asr with difficulty, because Muslim narrated in his *Sahih* from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both)