Back to the beginning, provided that the cause for combining prayers is present and the voluntary prayer is not prescribed between them.
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The Shaykh : And now we return to our topic.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did they combine the 'Asr and the Zuhr for the sake of rain? I do not know. We say now: we do not know!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But I will present to you what I know. Does that mean it is established that they did not combine them?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : All right, let us return to the cause. Why did they combine the Maghrib and the 'Isha'?
The questioner : For the rain.
The Shaykh : For the rain. All right, the cause, just as it was found here, was found there. Why is it not prescribed? And where have we reached regarding the cause?
The questioner : The cause is the rain.
The Shaykh : The one who combines here—the jurists say that the one who shares in the cause carries what is not explicitly mentioned to what is explicitly mentioned. I think this is not hidden from you, if Allah wills. And I will give you an example. There were intoxicants that the Arabs in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance did not know, under various different names. What do we say about them, lawful or forbidden?
The questioner : It is forbidden.
The Shaykh So the cause is intoxication. Therefore, any drink that intoxicates is forbidden because of the presence of the cause. Do you know the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the Zuhr and the 'Asr, and the Maghrib and the 'Isha, in Medina, without travel and without rain. They asked: What did he intend by that? He said: He did not intend to cause hardship for his Ummah. Now, do you not understand from this authentic hadith that travel is a cause for combining and that rain is a cause for combining? Is that not enough for you!
The questioner : It is enough, it is enough.
The Shaykh : I think we have finished with this.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : The Sunnah ... is prayed in the gathering in the rain or the wind.
The Shaykh : I do not see combining between the two obligatory prayers. But if there is a Sunnah after the obligatory prayer, such as the Witr, it may be prayed, yes, otherwise.
The questioner : I said, O Shaykh, I do not see combining between the two obligatory prayers like combining in the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : I do not see the Sunnah he asked about being prayed between the two obligatory prayers. But if it is after the obligatory prayer, and I said in clear Arabic, like the Witr, meaning after the 'Isha.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did they combine the 'Asr and the Zuhr for the sake of rain? I do not know. We say now: we do not know!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But I will present to you what I know. Does that mean it is established that they did not combine them?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : All right, let us return to the cause. Why did they combine the Maghrib and the 'Isha'?
The questioner : For the rain.
The Shaykh : For the rain. All right, the cause, just as it was found here, was found there. Why is it not prescribed? And where have we reached regarding the cause?
The questioner : The cause is the rain.
The Shaykh : The one who combines here—the jurists say that the one who shares in the cause carries what is not explicitly mentioned to what is explicitly mentioned. I think this is not hidden from you, if Allah wills. And I will give you an example. There were intoxicants that the Arabs in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance did not know, under various different names. What do we say about them, lawful or forbidden?
The questioner : It is forbidden.
The Shaykh
Whatever intoxicates in large quantity, its small quantity is forbidden.
ما أسكر كثيرا قليله حرامThe questioner : It is enough, it is enough.
The Shaykh : I think we have finished with this.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : The Sunnah ... is prayed in the gathering in the rain or the wind.
The Shaykh : I do not see combining between the two obligatory prayers. But if there is a Sunnah after the obligatory prayer, such as the Witr, it may be prayed, yes, otherwise.
The questioner : I said, O Shaykh, I do not see combining between the two obligatory prayers like combining in the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : I do not see the Sunnah he asked about being prayed between the two obligatory prayers. But if it is after the obligatory prayer, and I said in clear Arabic, like the Witr, meaning after the 'Isha.
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