PLEASE READ THROUGH CAREFULLY SORY FOR THE LATE REPLY Sheikh Ibn Bāz, in his marginal notes on Fath al-Bārī, writes: The best way to view the hadīth is to understand that the Prophet (peace be upon him) combined between the said prayers particularly that day for some hardship, whether it was sickness, extreme cold, mud or something else. Ibn `Abbas, when he was asked about the reason for combining prayers, said it was to remove hardship from the people, which is a proper and correct answer. In the explanation of Saheeh Muslim, Imam Nawawi demonstrates the interpretations of scholars regarding this hadith. What must be understood here is that the vast majority of scholars are in agreement that it not permissible to combine [m: prayers] without an explicit reason like travel, rain, and similar reasons that they have codified. Based on this hadith, a group of scholars holds that, when a need exists, it is permissible for a resident who doesnt make a habit of it to combine. However, as mentioned, the majority differed with them and interpreted the hadith in a number ways. In agreement with the great imam and hadith master, Al-Bayhaqi, Imam Nawawi, in Al-Majmu`, selects the following interpretation: that Ibn Abbass statement, he didnt want to impose hardship on any member of his nation, refers to rain; i.e., that they shouldnt experience hardship by walking through the mud to the masjid. However, this interpretation conflicts with the narration that explicitly negates rain, as was mentioned. According to a group of great hadith masters including Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Khuzaymah, Al-Bayhaqi, and Ibn Abd Al-Barr Al-Maliki (as he mentions in Al-Tamheed), the position of exacting analysis is that the narration [m: that mentions], without [m: reason of] peril or rain, is aberrant. What is rigorously established is the narration [m: that mentions], without [m: reason of] peril or travel. Therefore, Imam Al-Bayhaqis interpretation does not conflict with the authentic narration. The principle of universal consensus among Muslims is His saying (Most High), The prayer has been enjoined upon the believers at stated times. (Holy Quran, 4:103.) It isnt permissible to depart from this principle except with a clear, authentic proof. Given the weakness of the narration [m: that mentions], without [m: reason of] peril or rain, it should now be clear to you that the hadith used by some to indicate the permissibility of joining prayers without a reason can be interpreted and understood in a manner that agrees with other evidence. For this reason, Imam Tirmidhi states,
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