A man combined the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, and there were five minutes between the two prayers. Is there anything required of him?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah.
His EminenceThe Shaykh : If you go for 'Umrah and enter the Haram during the time of the 'Asr prayer, and you have intended to combine the Zuhr with the 'Asr by delaying them, and then you arrive at the Haram about five minutes before the iqamah, you pray the Zuhr and wait those five minutes, and then the iqamah for the 'Asr prayer is called, is there anything wrong with that?
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : And other than this, O Shaykh, if the combination is delayed, meaning if there is a separation between the two prayers?
The Shaykh : If the combination is a combination by delay, the separation does not harm; the separation does not harm. And if it is a combination by advancement, the scholars differed, may Allah have mercy on them, whether the separation harms or not. The Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, chose that the separation does not harm in a combination by advancement, just as it does not in a combination by delay. He said: The meaning of combining is bringing them together by praying the two prayers in the time of one of them, and there is no difference between the two prayers being consecutive or not being consecutive.
His EminenceThe Shaykh : If you go for 'Umrah and enter the Haram during the time of the 'Asr prayer, and you have intended to combine the Zuhr with the 'Asr by delaying them, and then you arrive at the Haram about five minutes before the iqamah, you pray the Zuhr and wait those five minutes, and then the iqamah for the 'Asr prayer is called, is there anything wrong with that?
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : And other than this, O Shaykh, if the combination is delayed, meaning if there is a separation between the two prayers?
The Shaykh : If the combination is a combination by delay, the separation does not harm; the separation does not harm. And if it is a combination by advancement, the scholars differed, may Allah have mercy on them, whether the separation harms or not. The Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, chose that the separation does not harm in a combination by advancement, just as it does not in a combination by delay. He said: The meaning of combining is bringing them together by praying the two prayers in the time of one of them, and there is no difference between the two prayers being consecutive or not being consecutive.