2/24. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 188 — Combining Prayers Without Excuse
What Has Been Related About Combining Two Prayers While [A Resident]
Combining Two Prayers Without Excuse Hadith
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 188
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 188
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حَنَشٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ عُذْرٍ فَقَدْ أَتَى بَابًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْكَبَائِرِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَنَشٌ هَذَا هُوَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرَّحَبِيُّ وَهُوَ حُسَيْنُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ ضَعَّفَهُ أَحْمَدُ وَغَيْرُهُ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ لاَ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ إِلاَّ فِي السَّفَرِ أَوْ بِعَرَفَةَ . وَرَخَّصَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ لِلْمَرِيضِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ فِي الْمَطَرِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَلَمْ يَرَ الشَّافِعِيُّ لِلْمَرِيضِ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
The Prophet Said: "Whoever Combines Two Prayers Without Any Excuse Then He Has Committed Something From The Major Sins."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 188In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 40English translation : Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 188
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 188
This narration warns strongly about combining two prayers without an excuse. Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet said whoever combines two prayers without any excuse has come to a door from the doors of major sins. The text also includes an important note from Abu 'Eisa: the narrator Hanish is weak according to the people of Hadith. The same passage then records that the practice among scholars was not to combine prayers except in stated cases, and it mentions travel, Arafah, sickness, and rain in the discussion. So the best explanation is careful: the wording warns against careless combining, while the report itself also tells us that scholars discussed its chain and valid excuses.
What we learn from this hadith
- Combining prayers without an excuse is warned against in the wording of the Hadith.
- The text itself notes weakness in the narrator Hanish.
- The added discussion mentions recognized cases such as travel, Arafah, sickness, and rain.
- Prayer times should not be treated casually.
