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| Fatwa ID: | 82517 |
| Title: | Combining prayers while in High-school |
| Category: | Prayer |
| Scholar: | Dr. Main Khalid Al-Qudah |
| Date: | 09/12/2010 |
As Salamu aleykum. Once I quitted High-school because I could not attend the Jum'a prayer. Now, I want to make up my High-school degree, but the problem is, the time I am in school is at before Maghrib to I'sha. And I do have no breaks at school, since it's a private school. Am I allowed to combine Maghrib and I'sha at home? Please give me a piece of advice. Jazakum Allah Kheir!!
Alhamdu Lillah
AMJA has an official declaration in this regard;
Decisions Regarding Contemporary Challenges in Worship
• The default is that prayers are to be offered in their times. It is consented, when there is a conflict of examination time with prayers time and it isn’t possible for the student to reschedule the examination time, to not attend the Jumu’ah prayer, or to combine between Dhuhr and Asr, or Maghrib and ‘Ishaa. This is due to what missing the examination results in of great harm and waste of intellectual efforts and material investment throughout the term of study.
• Upon conflict between study times and prayer times along with the inability of the student to adjust his schedule, it is consented for him to temporarily miss Jum’uah prayer until he can adjust his schedule to remove this conflict. It is incumbent upon him to work hard in that (i.e. schedule adjustment). If he is unable to do that, then it isn’t right that he should remain continuously absent from the Jumu’ah prayer for study reasons, and its becomes an obligation on him to search for an appropriate exit (from this situation).
• It is consented to combine between Dhuhr and Asr, or Maghrib and ‘Ishaa, in strenuous times such as those of education and examinations for those that need that. The Muslim, be he a student or not, should safeguard offering the prayers at their times as much as possible.
• It is consented to have multiple Jumu’ah prayers in one masjid if the place is tight and doesn’t accommodate all those making the prayer, or for those that weren’t able to be granted permission to offer this prayer in the same time, then each group prays at a different time. It isn’t amongst the legitimate excuses to have multiple Jumu’ah(s) for the simple desire to make a Jumu’ah available for the Arabic speakers and another for those that speak another (language). This is because translation removes the need which is necessary for the license to have multiple prayers as opposed to the original ruling.
• If the necessity or need demands that the Jumu’ah prayer or the sermon is moved forward to before the Zawaal (i.e. Dhuhr time), it is permissible to do so, acting upon the madhhab of Imam Ahmad, rahimahullaah.
• The default is that the Jumu’ah sermon is to be delivered in the Arabic language. If this isn’t feasible, or the attendees don’t understand the Arabic language, then it is correct to deliver it in the language that the attendees understand – so long as the pillars of the sermon, the Qur’anic verses, and prophetic ahadeeth are in the Arabic language.
• The default is that Jumu’ah is to be held in the masjid. If offering it in the masjid isn’t feasible, then it can be offered in the workplace or place of study if there is a need for that and its minimal threshold is met. Determining the minimum is a subject of scholarly dispute. Some said it is fifty (attendees), and some said two is sufficient other than the Imam, and this matter is wide.
• It is correct to advance and combine between Dhuhr and Asr or between Maghrib and ‘Ishaa in the case of rain that wets the clothes or snow, mud, or fierce winds. This is the case even if the daily living activities aren’t cancelled, so long as the excuse continues until the commencement of the second prayer.
• The default is that masjid(s) are to be built with pure wealth. It is impermissible to borrow on interest in order to build the masjid(s). If it is built with an interest-based loan, prayer in it is correct and the sin is upon the borrower.
• If there is a discrepancy in the calculation of prayer or fasting times in some lands, those praying and fasting should be precautious to distance themselves from liability if they are unable to determine the stronger or more correct view.
• In the lands that the night or day extend to more than 24 hours, its people should act upon the times of the nearest normal lands to them. (These are the lands that share the same longitudinal lines and are found at latitude of 45 degrees south for the southern areas or north for the northern areas.)
• The default is that rituals are to be offered in their legislated times. If the night or day are unusually long but can be distinguished (i.e. one from another) and it is too difficult to offer the prayers in their respective times, then it is consented to combine between two prayers for whoever has a need to in order to repel the harm and difficulty. As for fasting, it is upon the Muslim to fast from the break of dawn till sunset unless severe exhaustion incapacitates him, in which case he breaks his fast and makes it up. (The Assembly advises with the presentation of the research of assembly member Dr. Abdul-Latif Aal Mahmoud regarding (An Opinion to Determine Worship Times in Places where Legislative Signs are Intertwined) to a committee of jurists and astronomists for discussion).
• The default is that the Muslim is to safeguard fasting Ramadan and realize that intentionally breaking the fast is of the destructive sins. It is consented to break the fast for students who are plagued with fatigue beyond the normal fatigue wherein it would impede them from taking the examination due to the length of the exam or much exhaustion if they feel the need to do so, and upon them is to make it up.
For more details, please refer to the following link;
