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Combining Friday prayer and ‘Asr prayer for a traveler

Question

salam, about salat,went you are at the journey on friday and it happens you got friday prayers,can you also pray asar at the same time

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

Combining the Friday prayer and the ‘Asr prayer [for a traveler] is a controversial issue among the scholars; the most preponderant opinion - Allaah willing – is that it is permissible.

Therefore, if a person is a traveler and prays the Friday prayer, it is permissible for him to pray the ‘Asr prayer after it provided that he intends to combine before starting the first prayer (i.e. the Friday prayer) and that he prays the ‘Asr prayer directly (i.e. without undue delay) after the Friday prayer according to the view of the majority of the scholars  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  them.

Allaah Knows best.

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