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Combining two Prayers is a Concession if Conditions are Met

Which ruling comes first: Combining prayers during rain or offering each prayer at its prescribed time?

Should the Imam be followed when joining prayers because of rain or this isn`t allowed for the praying person who doesn`t meet the conditions and rules of this concession?

Is joining prayers because of rain from Sunnah?

Is it permissible to combine Maghrib and `Isha` because of the curfew?

Is it permissible to combine Jumu`ah (i.e. Friday) and `Asr prayers due to the corona virus curfew?

Is it permissible to combine Duhr (Noon prayer) and Asr (Afternoon prayer) due to rain? And is combining them due to cold, snow or heavy rain permissible?

If I`m making Jam` Ta`khir {Delayed combination} of Thuhr and `Asr, what is the ruling on offering them in sequence?

Is it permissible to combine prayers in the mosque because of heavy dust, mud, and wind, similar to rain, knowing that dust could be more harmful than rain?

What is the ruling on joining Zuhr and `Asr, and Maghrib and Isha` because of sickness?

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Estimating the Distance for Shortening Prayers in Light of the Shafie Madhab According to Shafie jurists, the distance which permits a traveler to shorten prayer is (48 miles), and a mile is about (6000 cubits). Therefore, how many kilometers is the cubit and the mile according to the reliable position of the Shafie jurists? • Read More

Ruling on Using the Concessions Granted to a Picnic Traveler The Shafite scholars state that whoever travels merely for seeing countries and cruising across them isn`t allowed to use the concessions granted to a traveler; whereas, whoever travels for a valid reason, such as picnicking, is allowed to use them. What is the difference between travelling for tourism, cruising across countries, and travelling for picnicking ? • Read More

Is it Valid to Join two Prayers with a Different Imam for each? In the Masjid where I pray, the Imam decided to join Maghrib and Isha` because of rain. However, after he had delivered the final Tasleem of Maghrib prayer, he passed out. Is it permissible that another Imam leads Isha` prayer? • Read More

Is the Person who Owns two Houses Permitted to Shorten and Combine Prayers? I have two houses. One in Amman and one in Irbid. In fact, I`m settled in the one in Amman, but sometimes I spent the weekends and the holidays in the one in Irbid. Am I permitted, while in Irbid, to combine and shorten prayers? • Read More

Incessancy is a Condition for Combining two Prayers While combining prayers, is it permissible for a person to leave the Masjid to run an errand, after performing Duhr(Noon) for instance, and return afterwards to catch the second Rakah of Asr(Afternoon) prayer? • Read More

What is the ruling on combining prayers at the Musala (Place for prayer) of a shopping center because of heavy rain, knowing that some people come from outside that center? • Read More

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