What is your opinion on the apparent combination of prayers?
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The questioner : They argue for the apparent combination of prayers, saying ... What is your response?
The Shaykh : The apparent combination of prayers has no basis!
The questioner : It has no basis. May Allah reward you with good. They say regarding the apparent combination of prayers that they delay the Zuhr prayer until the end of its time, so when he prays it, as soon as he says the closing salam, he enters the time of 'Asr...
The Shaykh : The apparent combination of prayers is rejected, invalidated, and denied by three things. Two of them are explicitly stated in the Shari'ah, and the third is a deduction and derivation. The first explicitly stated thing is that it is established in the authentic Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to delay the Zuhr prayer until the beginning of the time of the 'Asr prayer. Is this an apparent combination? This is a real combination. The second thing, which is stronger in indicating the invalidation of the apparent combination, is that it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers by advancing them: he advanced Zuhr to the time of 'Asr, and he advanced 'Isha' to the time of Maghrib. And what about the apparent combination? These are two explicit texts. As for the deduction, you have just heard from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without travel or rain, Ibn 'Abbas only said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only combined prayers so as not to burden his Ummah. Now, in the apparent combination, it is the burden itself.
The questioner : Authentic
The Shaykh : The apparent combination is the burden because it commands the one who wants to pray Zuhr to delay it until just before the 'Asr prayer, at the end of its time, so that he barely finishes saying the salam before he enters the time of 'Asr!
The questioner : It is a burden.
The Shaykh : What is this? Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh : The apparent combination of prayers has no basis!
The questioner : It has no basis. May Allah reward you with good. They say regarding the apparent combination of prayers that they delay the Zuhr prayer until the end of its time, so when he prays it, as soon as he says the closing salam, he enters the time of 'Asr...
The Shaykh : The apparent combination of prayers is rejected, invalidated, and denied by three things. Two of them are explicitly stated in the Shari'ah, and the third is a deduction and derivation. The first explicitly stated thing is that it is established in the authentic Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to delay the Zuhr prayer until the beginning of the time of the 'Asr prayer. Is this an apparent combination? This is a real combination. The second thing, which is stronger in indicating the invalidation of the apparent combination, is that it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers by advancing them: he advanced Zuhr to the time of 'Asr, and he advanced 'Isha' to the time of Maghrib. And what about the apparent combination? These are two explicit texts. As for the deduction, you have just heard from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers without travel or rain, Ibn 'Abbas only said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only combined prayers so as not to burden his Ummah. Now, in the apparent combination, it is the burden itself.
The questioner : Authentic
The Shaykh : The apparent combination is the burden because it commands the one who wants to pray Zuhr to delay it until just before the 'Asr prayer, at the end of its time, so that he barely finishes saying the salam before he enters the time of 'Asr!
The questioner : It is a burden.
The Shaykh : What is this? Please, go ahead.
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