Is it permissible to combine the obligatory prayers without an excuse?
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The questioner : Well, my Shaykh, I am asking you: is it permissible to combine the obligatory prayer without an excuse?
The Shaykh : Without an excuse, it is not permissible. It is obligatory to preserve the prayers in their times. Combining is only permissible in the case of residence to remove hardship, meaning if a Muslim finds hardship in certain emergency circumstances in preserving each of the two prayers in their respective times, then to remove the hardship, it is permissible for him to combine them, either by combining them early or by combining them late. Do you understand? I mean, if there is no hardship, then combining is not permissible.
The questioner : Yes, I do.
The Shaykh : Without an excuse, it is not permissible. It is obligatory to preserve the prayers in their times. Combining is only permissible in the case of residence to remove hardship, meaning if a Muslim finds hardship in certain emergency circumstances in preserving each of the two prayers in their respective times, then to remove the hardship, it is permissible for him to combine them, either by combining them early or by combining them late. Do you understand? I mean, if there is no hardship, then combining is not permissible.
The questioner : Yes, I do.
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