Is it obligatory for one who hopes to find water to delay the prayer until the end of its time?

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The questioner : Is it obligatory for one who hopes to find water to delay the prayer until the end of its time?

The Shaykh : It is not obligatory for him to do so, because the command to pray was directed to him from the beginning of the prayer time, but delaying it is better.

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