What is the meaning of the hadith regarding the rulers delaying the prayer?
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The questioner : Do these rulers have a goal for delaying the prayer from its time?
The Shaykh : It appears to me that they did not delay the Zuhr prayer until Maghrib, and there is doubt in this report. However, they delay it from its time, and the reason for that, may Allah know best, is either negligence, as they find that they are rulers and no one says anything to them, or they have excuses that they think justify delaying it from its time.
The Shaykh : It appears to me that they did not delay the Zuhr prayer until Maghrib, and there is doubt in this report. However, they delay it from its time, and the reason for that, may Allah know best, is either negligence, as they find that they are rulers and no one says anything to them, or they have excuses that they think justify delaying it from its time.