People today are cooled by air conditioners, so is it permissible to delay the Zuhr prayer until the end of its time?
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The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, what do you say about this question? He says that people are now cooled, so even if they pray Zuhr at its time, their homes have air conditioners, the mosques have air conditioners, and the cars have air conditioners. So do we say that if the cause is removed, the effect is removed? Or do we say that this is facilitated for some people, while it is not facilitated for others? Some people do not have air conditioners, and some mosques in the villages do not have air conditioners. Yes?
We say that the ruling revolves with the cause, but I find it difficult to issue a ruling based on this. However, if we consider the practice of people today, where they do not cool themselves.
The answer to this is to say that not cooling themselves is more comfortable for them. Not cooling is more comfortable given the mildness of the heat at the present time, as the brother Mahjub mentioned, from the air conditioners and other things that have been made easy for us. It was easier because most people now work in studies and jobs. If it were said, "Cool yourselves," and a person comes carrying the burden of extreme fatigue from study and work, and then he is told, "There is an hour and a half left until Zuhr, so sleep," and then he misses the prayer, for this reason our scholars saw that what is more comfortable for people is that they do not cool themselves at this time. They said that cooling is a dispensation intended to facilitate things for creation, and not cooling at our current time is easier. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who did not speak first, did you ask first?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, what do you say about this question? He says that people are now cooled, so even if they pray Zuhr at its time, their homes have air conditioners, the mosques have air conditioners, and the cars have air conditioners. So do we say that if the cause is removed, the effect is removed? Or do we say that this is facilitated for some people, while it is not facilitated for others? Some people do not have air conditioners, and some mosques in the villages do not have air conditioners. Yes?
We say that the ruling revolves with the cause, but I find it difficult to issue a ruling based on this. However, if we consider the practice of people today, where they do not cool themselves.
The answer to this is to say that not cooling themselves is more comfortable for them. Not cooling is more comfortable given the mildness of the heat at the present time, as the brother Mahjub mentioned, from the air conditioners and other things that have been made easy for us. It was easier because most people now work in studies and jobs. If it were said, "Cool yourselves," and a person comes carrying the burden of extreme fatigue from study and work, and then he is told, "There is an hour and a half left until Zuhr, so sleep," and then he misses the prayer, for this reason our scholars saw that what is more comfortable for people is that they do not cool themselves at this time. They said that cooling is a dispensation intended to facilitate things for creation, and not cooling at our current time is easier. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who did not speak first, did you ask first?