Does a Muslim combine prayers if he works for a Christian? (Unclear).
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The questioner : ... The answer of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the midday and afternoon prayers without fear or rain ... if he combined the sunset and night prayers
The Shaykh : All right, I understood you. I did not understand the first word of your question. Where is the difficulty? My brother, is there a difficulty in the Shari'ah when one works for a disbeliever? What is the difficulty you are imagining? I mean, is he compelled such that he fears for his life or falls ill if he leaves this Christian, and Allah has blocked the paths of lawful livelihood for him until he found no one but this Christian? Is that how you imagine it?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So where is the difficulty? In principle, they work for him, meaning we should guide him, or is it better for the Muslim to deal with Muslims? You understand, so where is the difficulty? Therefore, I detailed it for you and mentioned to you that you are not to be held accountable ... You did not direct this question. I told you regarding the first part of the question, I detailed for you between it being obligatory for him to pray in congregation and it not being obligatory? In the second case, it is permissible, and in the first case, it is not permissible. Regarding the second part of the question, I told you if this becomes his habit, that he combines the sunset and night prayers, this is other than combining in difficulty. What does it mean to combine in difficulty? If we look closely at this word, its meaning is mostly that we preserve the prayer in its times, and we find a situation where we are in difficulty that he combines the two prayers ... we do not combine the two prayers like this picture, and we clarified and restricted it. But constantly, constantly he combines ... this is one word
The Shaykh : All right, I understood you. I did not understand the first word of your question. Where is the difficulty? My brother, is there a difficulty in the Shari'ah when one works for a disbeliever? What is the difficulty you are imagining? I mean, is he compelled such that he fears for his life or falls ill if he leaves this Christian, and Allah has blocked the paths of lawful livelihood for him until he found no one but this Christian? Is that how you imagine it?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So where is the difficulty? In principle, they work for him, meaning we should guide him, or is it better for the Muslim to deal with Muslims? You understand, so where is the difficulty? Therefore, I detailed it for you and mentioned to you that you are not to be held accountable ... You did not direct this question. I told you regarding the first part of the question, I detailed for you between it being obligatory for him to pray in congregation and it not being obligatory? In the second case, it is permissible, and in the first case, it is not permissible. Regarding the second part of the question, I told you if this becomes his habit, that he combines the sunset and night prayers, this is other than combining in difficulty. What does it mean to combine in difficulty? If we look closely at this word, its meaning is mostly that we preserve the prayer in its times, and we find a situation where we are in difficulty that he combines the two prayers ... we do not combine the two prayers like this picture, and we clarified and restricted it. But constantly, constantly he combines ... this is one word