Combining Intentions in Prayer

Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

Is it permissible in our school to combine two intentions in a single prayer, e.g., making up a missed prayer and the sunnah of dhuhr? If not, which is better to pray?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Yes, it is permissible to do this in some prayers, these being:

  1. the prayer of greeting the mosque,
  2. the two rak‘ahs after circumambulation (Ar. tawaf),
  3. the two rak‘ahs of ihram,
  4. the post-wudu sunnah [m: prayer],
  5. the prayer of heedlessness (Ar. ghaflah), which is offered between maghrib and isha ([m: also known as salatul-awwabeen]),
  6. the guidance prayer (Ar. istikhara),
  7. the prayer of need (Ar. hajah),
  8. the zenith prayer (Ar. zawal),
  9. the prayer upon returning from a journey,
  10. the prayer before embarking upon a journey, and
  11. the prayer of repentance (Ar. tawbah).

It is permissible to combine all the above prayers in two units of prayer by intending them all. It is [m: also] permissible to combine all or some of the above with an obligatory prayer or an optional prayer, such as a ratibah [1] or the forenoon prayer (Ar. duha). However, it is not permissible to combine two obligatory prayers or an obligatory prayer with a ratibah, as mentioned in the question. Nor is it permissible to combine one ratibah with another, nor a ratibah with the forenoon prayer, witr, or taraweeh.

[m: As for whether a make-up prayer takes precedence over a ratibah, as posed in the question: if the make-up is an obligatory prayer, then it takes precedence.]

Amjad Rasheed
Amman, Jordan
(Translated by Moustafa Elqabbany)

Notes:

[1] [m: The rawatib (pl. of ratibah) are the optional prayers connected with the obligatory prayers, such as the two rak‘ahs before fajr. They are listed in Reliance of the Traveller, f10.2.]

 السؤال : هل يجوز في مذهبنا أن نجمع بين نيتين في صلاة واحدة ، مثلا أن ننوي قضاء فائتة وسنة ظهر معاً مثلا ؟ إن لم يكن ذلك جائزاً فأيهما أولي أن تصلى ؟ الجواب : نعم يجوز ذلك في بعض الصلوات وهي : تحية المسجد ، وركعتا الطواف ، وركعتا الإحرام ، وسنة الوضوء ، وصلاة الغفلة التي تفعل بين المغرب والعشاء ، والاستخارة ، والحاجة ، والزوال ، والقدوم من السفر ، والخروج له ، وصلاة التوبة . فيجوز جمعُ هذه الصلوات كلها في ركعتين بنيتها ، ويجوز جمعُها كلُّها أو بعضُها مع الفرض والنفل كالرواتب والضحى . لكن لا يجوز جمعُ فرضين معاً ولا جمعُ فرضٍ وراتبةٍ كما في السؤال ، ولا راتبة وراتبة أخرى ، ولا راتبة وضحى ووتر وتراويح  .

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