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Combining the Two Prayers in Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Combining the Two Prayers in Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari 2022-10-18 1136 Views Salat One of the conflicts between some Islamic sects and Shia schools is to combine the two prayers.

Great Ayatollah Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi, one of the prominent debated Shaykh Salim al-Bishri, who was the head of Al-Azhar University on some issues regarding Imam Ali’s successorship (PBUH) after the Prophet and some doubts against Shia jurisprudential issues such as combining the two prayers. Later on, when there were several friendly debates between these Great Scholars, they made the decision to publish as a book and then the book was published and named Al-Muraja’at .

The present article is a summarized report of the first chapter of this book which is concerning combining the two prayers in authentic Hadith in Shia and Sunni sources which aims to prove that combining two prayers is not forbidden in Islam even without any excuse and The Holy Prophet combined the two prayers At home and in travel both.

Combining the Two Prayers in Sahih Muslim There is no difference – between all the Islamic schools of thought amongst the Ahl al-qibla – in allowing the combination of the two obligatory prayers, al-zuhr and al-`asr, at `Arafa at the time of the noon (al-zuhr) prayer. Technically, this is [called] jam’ al-taqdim (the preceding combination).

Similarly, there is no difference between them in allowing the combination of the two obligatory [prayers] – al-maghrib and al-`isha’ – at al-Muzdalifa at the time of the `isha’ [prayers]. Technically, this is called jam’ al-ta’khir (the delayed combination). There is no difference [amongst the scholars] in preferring these two combinations. Indeed, they are amongst the prophetic practices.

However, they (the scholars) have differed as to the permissibility of combining the prayers in other instances. The point of disagreement here is the permissibility of combining two obligatory prayers by performing them together at the time stipulated for one of them either by bringing it forward (taqdiman) as at `Arafa or by delaying it (ta’khiran) like the combination in al-Muzdalifa.

The Imams from the family of The (PBUHH) have declared that this is permissible at all times although it is better to separate them. Their followers (Shi`as) have followed them in this [ruling] at all times and places.