Combining Prayers
Wa alaikum assalam. According to Ghamidi sahab, Islam allows combining prayers (jam‘) to prevent hardship and to ensure that salah is not missed, but this permission is structured, not open-ended.Only two pairs can be combined:Zuhr with AsrMaghrib with Isha So if someone prayed Zuhr but later could not pray Asr and Maghrib due to genuine reasons, Asr cannot be combined with Isha. In that case, Asr should be prayed as qada when possible, while Maghrib and Isha may be prayed together if the difficulty continues. As for when combining is allowed: jam‘ is permitted when there is real hardship — such as travel, illness, exams, work constraints, safety issues, or situations where praying at the exact time is realistically difficult. If a person knows they can pray within the proper time window (even after 30 minutes or an hour), then they should pray normally and not combine. In short: If you can pray within time → pray normally. If you fear missing the prayer entirely → combining is allowed. The purpose of jam‘ is to preserve prayer, not to replace discipline with ease. Islam focuses on maintaining a living connection with Allah while recognizing human limitations.