Is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in a country where the time interval between the 'Isha' and Fajr prayers is very short, causing hardship?
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The questioner : In the summer, there becomes severe hardship in the prayer.
The Shaykh : And where?
The questioner : For some people in the Netherlands.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, the 'Isha' prayer becomes approximately twelve at night, meaning one in the morning here, and the Fajr prayer becomes at three in the morning, meaning the night is four hours.
Another questioner : Three, three.
The questioner : Or three hours between 'Isha' and Fajr, and many people go to work, meaning there is severe hardship. So, is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in such cases? And likewise regarding the children?
The Shaykh : The matter in this is easy, and I was afraid that the question was combining 'Isha' and Fajr! Hahaha, because of the shortness between them.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And they do not combine these two prayers by consensus. As for combining Maghrib and 'Isha', the matter in that is easy, even in a country other than the one you are talking about. Our evidence for that is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined in Madinah between Dhuhr and 'Asr, and between Maghrib and 'Isha'; without travel or rain. They said: What did he intend by that, O Abu 'Abbas? He said: He intended not to cause hardship for his Ummah."
The questioner : So, is the condition the presence of hardship, or is combining permissible even without the presence of hardship?
The Shaykh : In residence, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In travel, it is permissible absolutely, and this is the difference between combining in residence and combining in travel.
The questioner : In residence, it is restricted by the...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, by hardship.
The Shaykh : And where?
The questioner : For some people in the Netherlands.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, the 'Isha' prayer becomes approximately twelve at night, meaning one in the morning here, and the Fajr prayer becomes at three in the morning, meaning the night is four hours.
Another questioner : Three, three.
The questioner : Or three hours between 'Isha' and Fajr, and many people go to work, meaning there is severe hardship. So, is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers in such cases? And likewise regarding the children?
The Shaykh : The matter in this is easy, and I was afraid that the question was combining 'Isha' and Fajr! Hahaha, because of the shortness between them.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And they do not combine these two prayers by consensus. As for combining Maghrib and 'Isha', the matter in that is easy, even in a country other than the one you are talking about. Our evidence for that is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined in Madinah between Dhuhr and 'Asr, and between Maghrib and 'Isha'; without travel or rain. They said: What did he intend by that, O Abu 'Abbas? He said: He intended not to cause hardship for his Ummah."
The questioner : So, is the condition the presence of hardship, or is combining permissible even without the presence of hardship?
The Shaykh : In residence, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In travel, it is permissible absolutely, and this is the difference between combining in residence and combining in travel.
The questioner : In residence, it is restricted by the...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, by hardship.
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