Assalamo alaykum,
I was wondering if I could get some information on combining salah. Also, what are the conditions that are to be followed and the method of actually praying a combined salah.
One scenario I have in mind is if one’s allowed to combine salah while writing an exam or stuck in a class.
I’m looking for the ahl us sunnah wal jamaah perspective. Appropriate references would be much appreciated.
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there are no conditions..you can combine salah as Prophet Mohummad (pbuh&up) had combined salah on many occasions...and ofcourse He prayed them seperately as well
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Well how would you define combining though?
For instance if you had to pray maghrib and isha together. Would you pray 4 and 4, or would you just pray 4 in total, or would you pray 8 combined?
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It is allowed for a person to combine the zuhr and 'asr salah, either during the time of the earlier or the later salah, or the maghrib and 'isha prayers if he is in one of the following circumstances:
If he is travelling, sick, or has some other pressing need and at 'Arafa and while it is raining.
Read Fiqh us sunnah for more details
source : fiqh us sunnah
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/law/fiqhussunnah/fus2_37.html
like i said before, i strongly advise people on gs to stop posting religious questions on gs. We have alot of people on here who know nothing about Islam and who talk away without knowing what the consequences of their actions might be. Ask an actual scholar, and no i am not a scholar…
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the combining sala'h is for those people who know that they would be on journey and most probably will miss out the sala'hs. But, some scholars also say that you can combine sala'hs once in while because there's a hadith which shows that Prophet(SAW) did that. However, in general, praying all the sala'hs during the right times is correct view derived from Sunna'h. For delaying or missing out a sala'h the only excuseses that are acceptable and found in Prophet(SAW) hadith are that person either was sleeping or forgot. But people who are sick and aren't able to offer their sala'h will also be excused and those who will be joureny.
The wordly excuses doesn't work for comibing two sala'hs together, inshAllah make an effor and offer them during the right times
For asr and Zuhr and Isha, you only offer 2 fard raka'hs each when you're combining with another salah and will be on journey. Basically, for example if you combine Asr with zuhr, then offer full zuhr sala'h and offer 2 fard raka'hs for asr. For maghrib, you offer all the 3 fard raka'hs. I recently found out that you can cut down the 4 fard raka'hs to two before i used to offer all 4 and i thought that's how about to go. On Fridays when i go back home from university, i miss out my asr and maghrib, so i combine them with Juma'h Salah.
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Thank you.
It's not about not offering salah on time during regular days. I'm more concerned with missing salah while writing an exam or being stuck in a class where it's difficult to leave for 15-20 mins.
iori yagami, I completely agree. However, often times it difficult to get hold of a scholar to find out the correct answer.
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Jazak Allah khair,
i was arguing on the same issue with another brother few weeks ago. We need to ask ourselves what's more important to us our classes/exams or sala'hs? When Allah Ta'ala will ask tomorrow, "haan my ibaadi why didn't offer sala'h on time or why combined them without having any acceptable excuse" What will be our answer?
i guess, i come back to the point that you often mention that everyone has different level of imaan, so may Allah Subhaanhu Wa Ta'ala make us acheieve the highest level of imaan, AMEEN!
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I understand where you're coming from. However, at times it's not possible to step out, especially during exams and during certain classes.
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sorry off topic, what are you studying and where?
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Saadiya bibi...you should definately listen to iori yogami and consult a learned sunni scholer...because iori himself doesnt know what he is talking about
It is recorded in your own hadith that the Prophet used to offer prayers separately as well as combined at home and without any obstruction. Many hadith confirm this fact. Muslim Bin Hajjaj in his Sahih, in the Chapter "Jam'a Baina's-salatain fi'l-Hazar," says that Ibn Abbas said: "The Prophet used to say Zuhr and Asr aswell as Maghrib and Isha prayers jointly without being constrained to do so, or when he was at home." Again Ibn Abbas narrated*:"We said eight rak'ats of Zuhr and Asr and later seven rak'atsof Maghrib and Isha prayers jointly with the holy Prophet.*"The same hadith has been related by Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal in his Musnad, Part 1, Page 221. Similarly, Imam Muslim quotes a number of hadith concerning this issue. He quotes Abdullah Bin Shaqiqas having said that one day Abdullah Bin Abbas was reading anaddress after the Asr prayers until the sun set and the stars were visible. People cried, "Prayers, Prayers," but Ibn Abbas paid no heed to them. Then one of the Bani Tamimi shouted "Prayers, Prayers." Ibn Abbas then said: "You remind me of the Sunna, but I myself have seen the Holy Prophet combine Zuhr and Asr as well as Maghrib and Isha prayers." Abdullah bin Shaqiq said that he felt uncertainty about these words and went to Abu Huraira to ask him about it. He verified what Ibn Abbas had said. Through another chain of narrators, Abdullah bin Shaqiq has narrated from Aqil that once Abdullah bin Abbas spoke to the people from the pulpit. He remained there so long that darkness fell. When someone shouted thrice, "Prayer, Prayer,Prayer," Abdullah Bin Abbas became annoyed and said: "Woebe to you. You dare remind me of prayer, even though during the Holy Prophet's days we used to combine Zuhr with Asr as well as Maghrib with Isha prayers." Zarqani in Sharhe Mawatta' of Imam Malik, Part I, in the Chapter of "Jama'a Baina's-Salatain,"p. 263, states, "Nisa'i related through Amru Bin Haram fromAbi Sha'atha that Ibn Abbas said his Zuhr and Asr prayers as wellas Maghrib and Isha prayers jointly in Basra without any timelag or action between them. He said that the Holy Prophet offered his prayers in the same way." Also Muslim in Sahih and Malikin Mawatta', Chapter "Jam'a Baina's-salatain" and Imam Hanbal in Musnad quotes Ibn Abbas through Sa'id Bin Jabir that the Holy Prophet offered his Zuhr and Asr prayers together in Medina without being constrained to do so by fear or bad weather.Abu Zubair said he asked Abu Sa'id why the Prophet combined thetwo prayers. Sa'id said that he too asked Ibn Abbas the same question.Ibn Abbas replied that he combined the two prayers so that his followers might not be put to undue hardship and suffering
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There are a number of things that we cannot comment about. That is why i said i am not a scholar. Sheraz there are no " hadith of my own". I just posted what is the opinion of the scholars. And i again advise everyone from listening to people on here. Everyone can copy paste alot of info off the net, including me without having any knowledge whatsoever and try to get people to conform to their views. If you want to learn about Islam then follow Islam, not your own or some innovator or uneducated(Islamically speaking) persons views.
Sadiyah- i can see where ur problem is and i have the same problem alot of times. I would advise more research. It is our duty to strive for the truth. Allah knows best .
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dont complicate the religion so much…
Islam has given the ease of combining prayers…
if one is in a difficult situation, then instead of skipping the prayer, it is much better to combine prayers…
according to hadith, the Prophet (saw) combined prayers in madinah, without a reason of travel, fear, war, rain or any other such reason…
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Are prayers combined at the earlier or later time?
If I have need to combined Zuhr and Asr, do you pray asr with Zuhr at Zuhr time, or Zuhr with Asr at Asr time?
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yogima...this is something that has been discussed here a few times already so i know what sunni scholers say about this...copy paste information is actually from sahih books
MS..you can definately pray asr right after zuhr and isha right after maghrib...not sure if you can pray zuhr at asar time and maghrib at isha time, cuz it might become kaza for you...but for us i believe it doesnt become kaza
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u can do either, depending on why u r combining…
if u r combining cuz u r busy during the time of zuhr, its simple logic that u will be combining the prayers at asr and vice versa…
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according to hadith, the Prophet (saw) combined prayers in madinah, without a reason of travel, fear, war, rain or any other such reason....
Can you provide with the reference. I would appreciate that.
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Actually I'm curious for that reference as well. I've always been told that simply being busy at the time of saaat was not an excuse for delaying it, and if you did delay it then you would have to pray it as qaza.
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like i said before, i strongly advise people on gs to stop posting religious questions on gs. We have alot of people on here who know nothing about Islam and who talk away without knowing what the consequences of their actions might be. Ask an actual scholar, and no i am not a scholar....
Not that i am contesting your comments but what if two or more scholars of same school of thought , give different reply to same question ?
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Because this is clear cut against the verses of the Quran, i Know Allaah is merciful thats one reason Allaah is reduced our prayers during the time of travel.
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^ combining the prayers is against the verses of the Quran????
which verses????