The traveler who delays the prayer until he reaches his hometown; is he permitted to combine them because he is exhausted?
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The questioner : We postpone it for a short time, and when he reaches the house, he must complete the prayer in full, the Maghrib prayer and the
The Shaykh : Isha' prayer.
The questioner : Isha' prayer.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that it does not change in any case.
The questioner : It remains as it is.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And he does not shorten it?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly, and he does not combine.
The questioner : And he does not combine.
The Shaykh : Even though he may be very, very exhausted, more exhausted than he was during the journey.
The Shaykh : I see this issue resembles the case of that worker.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It resembles the case of that worker who works more than is required in pursuit of money; because it is not obligatory for this traveler to continue the journey urgently like that until he reaches like that.
The questioner : Because of the heat and the fatigue of the children, meaning he may be forced to continue until he is done with this hardship, it becomes an added hardship, severe heat and children and the dangers of the road, and he wants to be done with this matter.
The Shaykh : Okay; Mr. Professor, but - also - the issue, I mean, I am saying, and Abu 'Abdullah knows this from me, this may be met with its counterpart.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is: it may not be so; because the question was general, and the question was general that there is exhaustion, what is the cause of the exhaustion? The journey.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now a new factor has entered the issue; which is the heat or the severity of the heat; and therefore every question has an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say - for example -: the one who will enter his town or his house at night, this question does not apply to him; because at night there is not this unbearable severe heat, this may be - for example - at midday.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He delays the Zuhr prayer - for example - and the 'Asr prayer, and he reaches his house after the 'Asr prayer or at the time of 'Asr, so we say at that time he takes the ruling of the resident, so he is not permitted to shorten the two prayers, as for combining, combining is permissible in the state of residence regardless of whether he was a traveler who then resided, or if he was a resident, it is permissible for him to combine in the state of him finding hardship if he did not combine, so to remove the hardship he combines, so here if it is true that he finds hardship in praying during the journey for the cause mentioned last, which is the heat, then he is permitted to intend to combine the two prayers in his town, but he does not shorten; because shortening is unlike combining, shortening is specific to travel, and combining is not specific to travel.
The Shaykh : Isha' prayer.
The questioner : Isha' prayer.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that it does not change in any case.
The questioner : It remains as it is.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And he does not shorten it?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly, and he does not combine.
The questioner : And he does not combine.
The Shaykh : Even though he may be very, very exhausted, more exhausted than he was during the journey.
The Shaykh : I see this issue resembles the case of that worker.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It resembles the case of that worker who works more than is required in pursuit of money; because it is not obligatory for this traveler to continue the journey urgently like that until he reaches like that.
The questioner : Because of the heat and the fatigue of the children, meaning he may be forced to continue until he is done with this hardship, it becomes an added hardship, severe heat and children and the dangers of the road, and he wants to be done with this matter.
The Shaykh : Okay; Mr. Professor, but - also - the issue, I mean, I am saying, and Abu 'Abdullah knows this from me, this may be met with its counterpart.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is: it may not be so; because the question was general, and the question was general that there is exhaustion, what is the cause of the exhaustion? The journey.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now a new factor has entered the issue; which is the heat or the severity of the heat; and therefore every question has an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say - for example -: the one who will enter his town or his house at night, this question does not apply to him; because at night there is not this unbearable severe heat, this may be - for example - at midday.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He delays the Zuhr prayer - for example - and the 'Asr prayer, and he reaches his house after the 'Asr prayer or at the time of 'Asr, so we say at that time he takes the ruling of the resident, so he is not permitted to shorten the two prayers, as for combining, combining is permissible in the state of residence regardless of whether he was a traveler who then resided, or if he was a resident, it is permissible for him to combine in the state of him finding hardship if he did not combine, so to remove the hardship he combines, so here if it is true that he finds hardship in praying during the journey for the cause mentioned last, which is the heat, then he is permitted to intend to combine the two prayers in his town, but he does not shorten; because shortening is unlike combining, shortening is specific to travel, and combining is not specific to travel.
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