Does one obligatory act suffice for another obligatory act, such as the Friday bath and the bath for major ritual impurity?
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The questioner : The hadith regarding combining the Friday bath and the bath for major ritual impurity, and that it is recommended to perform a bath for each of the two acts of worship...?
The Shaykh : For each of the two acts of worship.
The questioner : And you also say that it is possible to combine several voluntary prayers with a single intention?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : How do you reconcile this with that?
The Shaykh : Reconciliation is easy.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : An obligatory act does not suffice for another obligatory act; as for the voluntary, if a person does not perform the voluntary prayer, there is no sin on him. So if he prays one voluntary prayer with its intention, then adds to it the intention of another voluntary prayer but does not actually perform it, he has acquired the good intention but missed the virtue of the deed. Whereas the obligatory must be performed; is that clear?
The Shaykh : For each of the two acts of worship.
The questioner : And you also say that it is possible to combine several voluntary prayers with a single intention?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : How do you reconcile this with that?
The Shaykh : Reconciliation is easy.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : An obligatory act does not suffice for another obligatory act; as for the voluntary, if a person does not perform the voluntary prayer, there is no sin on him. So if he prays one voluntary prayer with its intention, then adds to it the intention of another voluntary prayer but does not actually perform it, he has acquired the good intention but missed the virtue of the deed. Whereas the obligatory must be performed; is that clear?
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