❖ The Shari'ah-Compliant Method of Combining Maghrib and Isha Prayers ❖
What is the correct method of performing Maghrib and Isha prayers together? What is the procedure regarding the Sunnah prayers after the obligatory (fard) ones?
The permission to combine prayers is granted only in the state of travel, and this combining is of two types:
① Jam‘ Taqdīm (Early Combination):
Performing the ‘Asr prayer during the time of Ẓuhr, and the ‘Ishā’ prayer during the time of Maghrib.
② Jam‘ Ta’khīr (Delayed Combination):
Performing the Ẓuhr prayer during the time of ‘Asr, and the Maghrib prayer during the time of ‘Ishā’.
✔ In the state of travel, performing Sunnah Mu’akkadah is not established.
✔ It is authentically reported from the Prophet ﷺ that only the Sunnahs of Fajr and Witr prayer were performed during travel.
✔ In ḥaḍar (normal, non-travel condition), special attention must be given to the performance of Sunnah prayers.
✔ According to a narration from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, combining prayers in ḥaḍar is permissible occasionally due to genuine necessity, but it should not be made a regular practice.
If Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ are combined during ḥaḍar:
① Perform the Sunnahs of Maghrib first.
② Then perform the Fard of ‘Ishā’.
✔ If the Sunnah prayers cannot be performed immediately, they may be offered later as qaḍā (make-up).
❖ Question:
What is the correct method of performing Maghrib and Isha prayers together? What is the procedure regarding the Sunnah prayers after the obligatory (fard) ones?
❖ Answer by: Shaykh Abdul Wakeel Nasir ḥafiẓahullāh
◈ Permission to Combine Prayers:
The permission to combine prayers is granted only in the state of travel, and this combining is of two types:
① Jam‘ Taqdīm (Early Combination):
Performing the ‘Asr prayer during the time of Ẓuhr, and the ‘Ishā’ prayer during the time of Maghrib.
② Jam‘ Ta’khīr (Delayed Combination):
Performing the Ẓuhr prayer during the time of ‘Asr, and the Maghrib prayer during the time of ‘Ishā’.
◈ Ruling Regarding Sunnah Mu’akkadah During Travel:
✔ In the state of travel, performing Sunnah Mu’akkadah is not established.
✔ It is authentically reported from the Prophet ﷺ that only the Sunnahs of Fajr and Witr prayer were performed during travel.
◈ Combining Prayers in a Non-Travel State (Ḥaḍar):
✔ In ḥaḍar (normal, non-travel condition), special attention must be given to the performance of Sunnah prayers.
✔ According to a narration from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, combining prayers in ḥaḍar is permissible occasionally due to genuine necessity, but it should not be made a regular practice.
◈ Sequence of Sunnah Prayers:
If Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ are combined during ḥaḍar:
① Perform the Sunnahs of Maghrib first.
② Then perform the Fard of ‘Ishā’.
✔ If the Sunnah prayers cannot be performed immediately, they may be offered later as qaḍā (make-up).
