THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Al-Ithnayn , 8th Jumaadal Awwal 1440, (Monday, 14th January, 2019). RULING ON COMBINING TWO SALAAT AT A TIME. BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Studies of the Quran, Sunnah and Consensus of Scholars has shown that it is permissible to combine ONLY two salaat at a time. These two are Zuhur/Asr and Magrib/Isha. Meaning you cannot combine asr and magrib etc. It is permissible for the person who is travelling to combine two prayers if it will be too difficult for him to perform the second prayer on time. Note that we cannot pray ANY salaat before the time for such salaat. If you intend to travel before zuhur, you cannot pray zuhur before zuhur time but can delay zuhur and combine it with Asr at asr time. Similarly if you are working and you notice you can pray zuhur on time at your break time but will not be able to pray asr at asr time then you can make up your mind to add Asr to zuhur. You can do similarly to magrib and Isha whenever you face any difficulties such as rain about to fall after magrib in masjid and you fear it may rain till after isha time then the imam can add isha after magrib etc. But let's note that the rewards for praying on time is far more than combining so let's not just combine unnecessarily. Allah knows our intentions and difficulties and will reward us accordingly. You can ask any Islamic questions please. May ALLAH (Azza Wa Jal, The Mighty and the Majestic) keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences in our acts of worship. Aameen.