Is one who leaves the city permitted to use the dispensation of combining prayers, or not?
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The questioner : One, when a person goes out of the city, he is not a traveler, but rather he is going to a farm or for some other need, and the time for the sunset prayer arrives while he has water with him, but he wants to delay it and come to pray in the city at the end of the twilight.
The Shaykh : He does not have water with him?
The questioner : He has water with him.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : But he means he does not want to stop, perform the ablution, and pray; he wants to combine it with the night prayer?
The Shaykh : Here, there is no hardship in not combining, and he is not traveling, so there is no justification for combining. He should pray the sunset prayer in its time, and when he arrives in the city, he should pray the night prayer.
The questioner : Is combining entirely limited to travel?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is for travel and for non-travel. Is it not permissible to combine on days of rain?
The questioner : Yes, I mean in travel, I mean the traveler?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not a traveler, the one you mentioned.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He went out to a rest stop outside the city, and then he wants to return.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, he is not a traveler, this one.
The questioner : And if he does not have [dry ablution], even if he delays, does he come?
The Shaykh : You mentioned to me that he has water with him.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : In the first question?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : And now you have moved on to a second question?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The question is prohibited... , yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, Abdullah?
The Shaykh : He does not have water with him?
The questioner : He has water with him.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : But he means he does not want to stop, perform the ablution, and pray; he wants to combine it with the night prayer?
The Shaykh : Here, there is no hardship in not combining, and he is not traveling, so there is no justification for combining. He should pray the sunset prayer in its time, and when he arrives in the city, he should pray the night prayer.
The questioner : Is combining entirely limited to travel?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is for travel and for non-travel. Is it not permissible to combine on days of rain?
The questioner : Yes, I mean in travel, I mean the traveler?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not a traveler, the one you mentioned.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He went out to a rest stop outside the city, and then he wants to return.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, he is not a traveler, this one.
The questioner : And if he does not have [dry ablution], even if he delays, does he come?
The Shaykh : You mentioned to me that he has water with him.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : In the first question?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : And now you have moved on to a second question?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The question is prohibited... , yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, Abdullah?