How does one perform the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) when combining two prayers while resident?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Are the pre- and post-prayer regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) performed when combining two prayers, such as Zuhr and 'Asr, or Maghrib and 'Isha'? If they are performed, how is this done? Do they come after the prayers, or before them in the case of the pre-prayer ones?
The Shaykh : As for the pre-prayer voluntary prayer, there is no pre-prayer voluntary prayer for the combined groups.
The questioner : Zuhr.
The Shaykh : For Zuhr, before the prayer, you perform it; there is no problem.
The questioner : If I combine it with 'Asr?
The Shaykh : If you combine it with 'Asr, you perform it; you perform the regular voluntary prayer before it.
The questioner : I perform the regular voluntary prayer before it.
The Shaykh : Before it, yes. For example, a sick person, or people who combine prayers for the sake of rain, combining the last part of Zuhr with 'Asr, performs the regular voluntary prayer first: four rak'ahs with two taslims. Then, when he finishes the 'Asr prayer, he performs the post-prayer regular voluntary prayer for Zuhr. Do you understand? In the case of Maghrib and 'Isha, one combines Maghrib and 'Isha, and then, when finished, performs the regular voluntary prayer for Maghrib first, then the regular voluntary prayer for 'Isha.
The questioner : Likewise, the tasbihat (remembrance of Allah).
The Shaykh : And the tasbihat are at the end, after the two combined groups.
The questioner : Does he recite the tasbihat for both prayers, or for one prayer?
The Shaykh : It may be said that if two acts of worship of the same kind coincide, one suffices for the other. It may also be said: recite the tasbihat for this one and that one. Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the pre-prayer voluntary prayer, there is no pre-prayer voluntary prayer for the combined groups.
The questioner : Zuhr.
The Shaykh : For Zuhr, before the prayer, you perform it; there is no problem.
The questioner : If I combine it with 'Asr?
The Shaykh : If you combine it with 'Asr, you perform it; you perform the regular voluntary prayer before it.
The questioner : I perform the regular voluntary prayer before it.
The Shaykh : Before it, yes. For example, a sick person, or people who combine prayers for the sake of rain, combining the last part of Zuhr with 'Asr, performs the regular voluntary prayer first: four rak'ahs with two taslims. Then, when he finishes the 'Asr prayer, he performs the post-prayer regular voluntary prayer for Zuhr. Do you understand? In the case of Maghrib and 'Isha, one combines Maghrib and 'Isha, and then, when finished, performs the regular voluntary prayer for Maghrib first, then the regular voluntary prayer for 'Isha.
The questioner : Likewise, the tasbihat (remembrance of Allah).
The Shaykh : And the tasbihat are at the end, after the two combined groups.
The questioner : Does he recite the tasbihat for both prayers, or for one prayer?
The Shaykh : It may be said that if two acts of worship of the same kind coincide, one suffices for the other. It may also be said: recite the tasbihat for this one and that one. Yes.