Is not combining the two prayers in the rain considered a deviation from the Sunnah, or is it said that he did not take the dispensation?
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The questioner: Even if he deviated from the Sunnah, meaning in this matter?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: ... We do not pray in congregation.
The Shaykh: Because here, it is a deviation from a dispensation; it is not called a deviation from the Sunnah, but a deviation from a dispensation.
Another questioner: What is the ruling on the prayer of the one who ...?
The Shaykh: Wait a moment, here it is not said: deviation from the Sunnah, it is said: he did not take the dispensation, yes, he did not take it, meaning if we assume an imam who sees combining, but he did not see combining; we do not say: he deviated from the Sunnah, but he did not take the dispensation, yes.
Please proceed.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: ... We do not pray in congregation.
The Shaykh: Because here, it is a deviation from a dispensation; it is not called a deviation from the Sunnah, but a deviation from a dispensation.
Another questioner: What is the ruling on the prayer of the one who ...?
The Shaykh: Wait a moment, here it is not said: deviation from the Sunnah, it is said: he did not take the dispensation, yes, he did not take it, meaning if we assume an imam who sees combining, but he did not see combining; we do not say: he deviated from the Sunnah, but he did not take the dispensation, yes.
Please proceed.
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