The Shaykh’s explanation of the types of excuses that permit leaving the congregation or combining two prayers.
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The questioner : If one is delayed due to an excuse, does he combine? For example, if he is relieving himself of the two excretions?
The Shaykh : He combines. And what?
The questioner : In the mosque, for example, he prays 'Isha' with the imam.
The Shaykh : As mentioned earlier, does he combine with the congregation or alone?
The questioner : Alone.
The Shaykh : We mentioned that time.
The questioner : I understood that his delay was without an excuse.
The Shaykh : Is there an excuse that obligates him to combine? The excuse is of two types: an excuse that justifies leaving the congregational prayer, but this is not sufficient as an excuse for combining the two prayers. Do you understand this? Good. The excuse must be one that necessitates combining the two prayers, not just missing the congregational prayer. Is that clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner : Sometimes a person comes and prays 'Isha' in ignorance before Maghrib.
The Shaykh : When you say what you do not do.
The questioner : But this is the last time...
The Shaykh : With the Kuwaiti congregation, but it appears you feel that the congregation has gone bankrupt; they have nothing left now.
The questioner:...
The Shaykh : When your wind blows, seize it. No, not even to the point where you are refuted by the verseJami` at-Tirmidhi 3309Sahih (Darussalam) ... Yes.
The Shaykh : He combines. And what?
The questioner : In the mosque, for example, he prays 'Isha' with the imam.
The Shaykh : As mentioned earlier, does he combine with the congregation or alone?
The questioner : Alone.
The Shaykh : We mentioned that time.
The questioner : I understood that his delay was without an excuse.
The Shaykh : Is there an excuse that obligates him to combine? The excuse is of two types: an excuse that justifies leaving the congregational prayer, but this is not sufficient as an excuse for combining the two prayers. Do you understand this? Good. The excuse must be one that necessitates combining the two prayers, not just missing the congregational prayer. Is that clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner : Sometimes a person comes and prays 'Isha' in ignorance before Maghrib.
The Shaykh : When you say what you do not do.
The questioner : But this is the last time...
The Shaykh : With the Kuwaiti congregation, but it appears you feel that the congregation has gone bankrupt; they have nothing left now.
The questioner:...
The Shaykh : When your wind blows, seize it. No, not even to the point where you are refuted by the verse
Why do you say that which you do not do?
لم تقولون ما لا تفعلون
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