Ruling on combining the two prayers due to rain
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Question:
I prayed today with the congregation, combining Maghrib and 'Isha' in the time of Maghrib because of the rain. What is the ruling on that, knowing that the roads are not difficult, but are paved, with only a little water present? Another person asks: I prayed in the 'Ulaya mosque, and they combined Maghrib and 'Isha', and I left. Do we bear any sin? Please inform us. Another says: What is the ruling on combining the prayer when heavy rain is falling on a day like this? We ask you to be generous with this, may Allah reward you with the best reward?
Answer:
The original basis for combining the two prayers, Maghrib and 'Isha', due to the presence of rain or slippery conditions is a permissible matter. The righteous predecessors did this, so there is no harm in it. There are authentic hadiths that indicate this. If the area where the mosque is located has rain that harms the worshippers in their going out and coming in, or if there is slippery, wet conditions in its roads, or mud that harms them, then there is no harm in combining. However, if the mosque's area—the mosque's neighborhood—has no harm and no rain that harms the worshippers, then there is no basis for combining merely because of the traces of rain. But if there is rain pouring down on them at the time of combining, then there is no harm in it. Or if there is slippery conditions, meaning wetness, in the roads and mud in the roads, then there is no harm.
Question: And the prayer that they prayed?
Answer: Based on what you heard, if they had an excuse, then their prayer is valid. And if they did not have an excuse, then they must repeat it.
I prayed today with the congregation, combining Maghrib and 'Isha' in the time of Maghrib because of the rain. What is the ruling on that, knowing that the roads are not difficult, but are paved, with only a little water present? Another person asks: I prayed in the 'Ulaya mosque, and they combined Maghrib and 'Isha', and I left. Do we bear any sin? Please inform us. Another says: What is the ruling on combining the prayer when heavy rain is falling on a day like this? We ask you to be generous with this, may Allah reward you with the best reward?
Answer:
The original basis for combining the two prayers, Maghrib and 'Isha', due to the presence of rain or slippery conditions is a permissible matter. The righteous predecessors did this, so there is no harm in it. There are authentic hadiths that indicate this. If the area where the mosque is located has rain that harms the worshippers in their going out and coming in, or if there is slippery, wet conditions in its roads, or mud that harms them, then there is no harm in combining. However, if the mosque's area—the mosque's neighborhood—has no harm and no rain that harms the worshippers, then there is no basis for combining merely because of the traces of rain. But if there is rain pouring down on them at the time of combining, then there is no harm in it. Or if there is slippery conditions, meaning wetness, in the roads and mud in the roads, then there is no harm.
Question: And the prayer that they prayed?
Answer: Based on what you heard, if they had an excuse, then their prayer is valid. And if they did not have an excuse, then they must repeat it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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