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Country: India
Assalamualaikum wr wb…my husband gets really angry if i search place for salah during travels saying that it is against pardah since anyone can pass by and its a difficult time for me whenever we go somewhere…so pls tel me is it allowed to combine asr and zuhr ; and maghrib and Isha which is proven in the hadith of sahih Muslim(i know accordingly to our hanafi fiqh combining in the form of qada-e-suri is allowed).So please tel me can we combine salahs other than qadae suri in journeys etc since he is adamant and said ask ur aalims and please do something about it
Answer
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
حامدا و مصليا و مسلما
Muhtaramah
We have received your query dated 24/04/22, our response is as follows:
You are correct that in terms of the Hanafi Maz-hab, it is not permissible to join ones Zuhr and Asr, and ones Magrib and Isha. One of the reasons for this is due to the following Ayat:
{إِنَّ الصَّلوٰةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوْتًا}
Verily Salaah has its appointed time upon the believers
There is also a Hadeeth narrated by Hadrat Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud radiyallahu anhu:
عن عبد الله قال ما رأيت رسول الله صلى صلاة إلا لميقاتها إلا صلاتين صلاة المغرب والعشاء بجمع وصلى الفجر يومئذ قبل ميقاتها –
رواه الشيخان
(آثار السنن ٢٧٧)
Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud radiyallahu anhu said: I never saw Rasulullah Sallallahu alai wa sallam performing Salaah unless it was in its proper time, besides the Salaah of Magrib and Isha in Muzdalifah (at the occasion of Hajj) and he performed the Salaah of Fajr (also in Muzdalifah) before its usual time. (Bukhari & Muslim)
عن عبد الله قال كان رسول الله يصلي الصلاة لوقتها إلا بجمع وعرفات – رواه النسائي واسناده صحيح
(آثار السنن ٢٧٤)
Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud radiyallahu anhu narrates that Rasulullah Sallallahu alai wa sallam used to perform Salaah in its proper time, except in Muzdalifah and Arafat (at the occasion of Hajj). (Nasaai)
And regarding the Hadeeth narrated by Muslim and Tirmizi Allama Zafar Ahmad Uthmani mentions:
و أما ما رواه مسلم عن ابن عباس … فمحمول على الجمع الصوري و حمله على الجمع الحقيقي خلاف الإجماع. قال الترمذي في علله: جميع ما في هذا الكتاب من الحديث هو معمول به و به أخذ بعض أهل العلم ما خلا حديثين حديث ابن عباس أن النبي جمع بين الظهر و العصر بالمدبنة و المغرب و العشاء من غير خوف و لا سفر و لا مطر الخ
فظاهر هذا الحديث متروك بالإجماع لم يقل به أحد
(إعلاء السنن ج2 ص95 & 96)
“The Hadeeth narrated by Muslim from Ibn Abbas radiyallahu anhuma is interpreted as Jam’e Soori (which means to delay one Salaah until just before the next Salaah time begins, then to perform that particular Salaah at its last possible time and after the time of the next Salaah starts, to perform that Salaah, at the beginning of its time; (meaning that each Salaah was performed in its time) and to interpret it as Jam’e Haqeeqi (which means to perform one Salaah in another Salaah’s time) is contrary to the consensus of the Fuqaha. Imaam Tirmizi himself has stated: All the narrations in this book are practised upon in some way and is the opinion of some scholars or the other besides two riwaayats, one of them is the Hadeeth of Ibn Abbas radiyallagu anhuma.”
Allama Zafar Ahmad Uthmani concludes: “The apparent meaning of this Hadeeth has been unanimously discarded. None of the scholars was of this opinion.” (I’laaus Sunan vol. 2 pg: 95 & 96)
Therefore, it is necessary for you to read your Salaah in its appropriate times; and to join two Salaats in one time is a grave sin. We advise that you plan your travels in such a way that you are able to perform your Salaah at its fixed time, and if for some reason you are faced with a predicament that there is no place around and there is a fear that you will miss your Salaat and you are genuinely worried then you can perform Jamaa Soori i.e., each Salaah is performed in its correct time, however the first is prayed at its end time whilst the other Salaah is performed when the Salaah time commences. We advise that you explain to your husband the above in a diplomatic manner and ask Allah Ta’ala to solve the matter. It is imperative that both spouses are accommodating to each other and try their best to solve all issues in an amicable manner, one should avoid escalating the matter even further. Inshallah all of one’s problems will be solved if one turns to Allah Ta’ala and follows the commandments of Almighty Allah Ta’ala.
References:
Archives
Aap ke Masaail Aur Unka Hal- Vl 2 pg 352
Fataawa Darul Uloom Zakariya Vl 2 pg 528.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Answered by:
Muhammad Irshad Motara
25th Ramadaan 1443
27th April 2022
