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Some questions regarding combining prayers while traveling:

1. For those who combine prayers while traveling (and scholars who give fatawa for same), what is the evidence they use?

2. Are there (and/or have there been) any prominent Hanafi scholars who have allowed combining of prayers while traveling?

3. Any other daleels in favor of the same (i.e. combining prayers).

By combining I mean (based on what I've seen):

- Pray 2 rakat Dhuhr within Dhuhr time, then 2 rakat 'Asr immediately after, and
- Pray 3 rakat Maghrib within Maghrib time, then 2 rakat Isha immediately after.

Please understand that I am not interesting in debates & evidences showing why combining prayers is not allowed, but rather I want to know what is the evidence used by those who say it is allowed. I ask because there are masses of people doing it in the world, including respected and prominent scholars, so there has to be some sort of proof behind it.

Also the evidence doesn't have to be according to a particular madhab... I am looking for any and every evidence used for combining prayers.


for the help.

[altosburg]

Bro, of course there is evidence for combining salah. But for us Hanafi's, combining salah is not permissible, rather we must do Qasr (shortening the prayer).

But if you really want the proofs, I'll get back to you on that in a while. Until then, maybe a knowledgeable brother can explain the ikhtilaf.

2. Are there (and/or have there been) any prominent Hanafi scholars who have allowed combining of prayers while traveling? Yes.
Here's an example of such a Fatwa: http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?...14586&CATE=239

One may follow another madhab if there is a dire emergency and no other option is possible. However, the person must be consistent in following that madhab (i.e you cannot do wudhu as a shafi'i and pray as a Hanafi).

[altosburg]

Bro, read this: http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=1295&CATE=4

The shaykh gives a few ahadeeth that are used as proofs for combining prayers. But he also explains how the ahnaf understand the ahadeeth differently. You see, the Hanafi view is that the Prophet didn't literally combine his prayers. He only outwardly combined them. Meaning, he prayed one prayer at the very end of its time, and the next prayer immediately in the beginning of its time. So, essentially, both prayers are performed in there correct times.


Source: http://www.sunnipath.com

Why don't Hanafis combine prayers?

Answered by Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, CA



So then are the reports of the Prophet (saws) combining his prayers, whether he was traveling or not, not valid?

Assalamu alaykum

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

There is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding this issue. The three great Imams Shafi'i, Malik and Ahmad ibn Hanbal have taken the various hadiths on combining to refer to "real combining," which is to either delay one prayer into the time of the next ("delayed combining") or to perform the second prayer before its time in the time of the first prayer ("advanced combining").

The Hanafis on the hand have primarily relied on the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radhiyallahu anhu in which he says, "The Messenger of Allah (upon him be peace) never performed any prayer out of its time except at Muzdalifa and 'Arafa.… (Sahih al-Bukhari& Muslim)

Hence, the Hanafis only permit "real combining" during the above two occasions in Haj, and interpret the other hadiths which describe the Messenger (upon him be peace) performing two prayers together to be "apparent combining." Apparent combining is when two prayers are performed one after the other, with the first one at the end of its time and the second immediately at the beginning of its time. Many hadiths from 'Umar, Ibn 'Abbas Ibn Mas'ud, 'A'isha and even Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them all) support this interpretation of the Hanafis.

(Abstracted from the 3rd Edition of Fiqh al-Imamdue out in mid-June insha Allah).

And Allah knows best.

Wassalam
Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf