Ruling on combining prayers due to rain and cold outside the mosque
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Question:
From the teacher Muhammad Yahya al-Mustafa from Rafha al-Ajrumiyyah, this message reached us, in which he says: On the evening of one day, I was in a gathering at a man’s house, and more than fifteen men had gathered because there was a wedding there. Each of us intended to stay up late, making an excuse to remain in that place. The sky was raining intermittently, not continuously or moderately; it was neither heavy nor light, and the weather was moderately cold. When the time for the Maghrib prayer came, we prayed it in congregation in the same place. Some of them said: We must combine the Isha prayer with the Maghrib, because the sky is raining and the weather is cold.
Knowing that we will stay until after the Isha prayer, is it permissible to combine the prayers while the people are in their places, or not?
May Allah guide you.
Answer:
If the situation is as described, there is no blame on combining the prayers; because it is an excuse. And if they pray Maghrib alone, and leave Isha in its time, there is nothing wrong with that.
The point is: as long as the sky is raining, and the weather is as he described, with coldness, in any case, rain is an excuse. Rain is an excuse absolutely, as long as it is continuous, and not light, but rather it wets the clothes, and harms the one who goes out to his house, or to the streets. This is a legal excuse in combining the two prayers, yes.
The presenter: But they will not leave the place where they are?
The Shaykh: The dispensation covers them. And if they delay Isha in its time, that is good, but the dispensation covers them, yes.
From the teacher Muhammad Yahya al-Mustafa from Rafha al-Ajrumiyyah, this message reached us, in which he says: On the evening of one day, I was in a gathering at a man’s house, and more than fifteen men had gathered because there was a wedding there. Each of us intended to stay up late, making an excuse to remain in that place. The sky was raining intermittently, not continuously or moderately; it was neither heavy nor light, and the weather was moderately cold. When the time for the Maghrib prayer came, we prayed it in congregation in the same place. Some of them said: We must combine the Isha prayer with the Maghrib, because the sky is raining and the weather is cold.
Knowing that we will stay until after the Isha prayer, is it permissible to combine the prayers while the people are in their places, or not?
May Allah guide you.
Answer:
If the situation is as described, there is no blame on combining the prayers; because it is an excuse. And if they pray Maghrib alone, and leave Isha in its time, there is nothing wrong with that.
The point is: as long as the sky is raining, and the weather is as he described, with coldness, in any case, rain is an excuse. Rain is an excuse absolutely, as long as it is continuous, and not light, but rather it wets the clothes, and harms the one who goes out to his house, or to the streets. This is a legal excuse in combining the two prayers, yes.
The presenter: But they will not leave the place where they are?
The Shaykh: The dispensation covers them. And if they delay Isha in its time, that is good, but the dispensation covers them, yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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