There are two objections raised by those who advocate for formal combining of prayers. The first is: the hadith of Abu al-Shu'tha (I think he delayed the midday prayer and hastened the afternoon prayer.
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The questioner: My Shaykh, I am afraid of wasting my right to ask questions.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: But following up on the brother's question for the sake of benefit, they present two objections from those who advocate for formal combining of prayers. The first is: the issue of Abu al-Shu'tha when he said: he delayed the midday prayer and brought forward the afternoon prayer, and delayed the sunset prayer and brought forward the night prayer. And the second is: they establish formal combining because the menstruating woman combines formally by delaying the midday prayer and bringing forward the afternoon prayer, and she prays each of them in the same time.
The Shaykh: First, is the one who does not menstruate like the one who does menstruate?
The questioner: No, but they established a formal combining in this case, and you said there is no formal combining.
The Shaykh : By whom?
The questioner: For the menstruating woman.
The Shaykh: I have answered this; the one who does not menstruate is not to be compared to the one who does menstruate. Now, as for the first one, Abu al-Shu'tha.
The questioner: ... He said, I think he delayed the midday prayer and brought forward the afternoon prayer.
The Shaykh: Okay, what is the benefit of this suspicion?
The questioner: We have a narrator who is criticized, but they say he is the narrator of the hadith.
The Shaykh: Yes, but the narrator of the hadith says "I think," he does not know, there is doubt about this.
The questioner: We naturally consider this suspicion to be the weaker position, with the evidence that he did not have a firm grasp of it.
The Shaykh: Before we get to the weaker position, if he says "I think so."
The questioner: They say, for example, let us consider the suspicion to be the stronger position unless the opposite is proven.
The Shaykh: And if the others say we consider it not to be the stronger position? The word "suspicion," my brother, does it mean "preponderance" in the language? No[Al-Jathiyah 45:32], , suspicion in the language is neither thanked nor praised. This is the first answer. The second answer: why do we nullify the explicit evidence... this is the suspicion. Okay, are you satisfied with this question or not?
The questioner: I am following you, my Shaykh, but even the brothers mean... .
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good, I do not mean that you need to ask a second question.
The questioner: Yes, no, this is the circle.
The Shaykh: My brother, understand, you want to ask a second question... .
The questioner: Yes, I want two questions.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: But following up on the brother's question for the sake of benefit, they present two objections from those who advocate for formal combining of prayers. The first is: the issue of Abu al-Shu'tha when he said: he delayed the midday prayer and brought forward the afternoon prayer, and delayed the sunset prayer and brought forward the night prayer. And the second is: they establish formal combining because the menstruating woman combines formally by delaying the midday prayer and bringing forward the afternoon prayer, and she prays each of them in the same time.
The Shaykh: First, is the one who does not menstruate like the one who does menstruate?
The questioner: No, but they established a formal combining in this case, and you said there is no formal combining.
The Shaykh : By whom?
The questioner: For the menstruating woman.
The Shaykh: I have answered this; the one who does not menstruate is not to be compared to the one who does menstruate. Now, as for the first one, Abu al-Shu'tha.
The questioner: ... He said, I think he delayed the midday prayer and brought forward the afternoon prayer.
The Shaykh: Okay, what is the benefit of this suspicion?
The questioner: We have a narrator who is criticized, but they say he is the narrator of the hadith.
The Shaykh: Yes, but the narrator of the hadith says "I think," he does not know, there is doubt about this.
The questioner: We naturally consider this suspicion to be the weaker position, with the evidence that he did not have a firm grasp of it.
The Shaykh: Before we get to the weaker position, if he says "I think so."
The questioner: They say, for example, let us consider the suspicion to be the stronger position unless the opposite is proven.
The Shaykh: And if the others say we consider it not to be the stronger position? The word "suspicion," my brother, does it mean "preponderance" in the language? No
We assume only assumption
إِنْ نَظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّاBeware of suspicion
إياكم والظَّنَّThe questioner: I am following you, my Shaykh, but even the brothers mean... .
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good, I do not mean that you need to ask a second question.
The questioner: Yes, no, this is the circle.
The Shaykh: My brother, understand, you want to ask a second question... .
The questioner: Yes, I want two questions.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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