Question:
Assala Mou Alaykoum Ya Sayidi Mowlanah Shaik Hisham Kabbani
I am a weak servant of Allah and I am trying to improve and learn more about our deen. I have 2 questions with regards to prayers.
1) In the UK, zohr is around 1 pm, assr around 2.45 pm and maghrib at 4pm. At work or if I happened to be out, it becomes sometimes difficult to do the 3 prayers on time, as they are in a 3 hour gap.
Is there any fatwa that facilitates things for Muslims living in Europe with this issue? For example, combining zohr and asr even if we have not entered asr time?
2) Once the time for maghrib comes, how long can we wait to perform maghrib at the latest in order that it does not become a qaza. I heard it is about 20 mins?
JazakAllah
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
1: you can pray behind your desk in the time of prayers by moving your head up and down for ruku` and sajda.
2: you can combine them
3: you can pray Maghrib as long as before `Isha prayers by 15 minutes.
All these above are only done out of necessity.
Then when you go home you repeat all of them in order you feel satisfied, tamaneenah.
May Allah forgive us.
Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
