Combining Two Salah
السلام عليكم I hope you are doing well. There are a few things I would like to say to this: 1) Firstly, like Umar Bhai said, the Farahi school of thought believes that the Quran and Sunnah both were transferred primarily through intergenerational teaching and that now, they are both preserved. I am not asking you to agree to that. I just want to ensure that you know that this is their opinion. So, whatever conflicts with the Quran or the Sunnah, they can just discard it for being faulty somewhere along the lines. For example, someone from the long chain of narrators misunderstood or maybe we do not have enough context. Whatever it is, for the Farahi school of thought, the Quran and the Sunnah are fixed. No outside source can come and challenge it. Whatever conflicts with them will just be discarded or, if possible, made to harmonize with the Quran and the Sunnah. So, the Quran and the Sunnah is fixed as per the Farahi school of thought. So, you might want to debate that first. 2) It might not be wise to generate new rulings based on what the Prophet did alone. After all, it could be something specific to him. For example, the believers might be allowed to follow his lead when around him but follow what they have been taught when not around him. 3) Ibn Abbas wasn’t even 15 when the Prophet passed away. He may have been mistaken. It might be that there was a cause but the Prophet did not tell what it was. Since the people asking him to lead them in Salah did not know about that, it probably wasn’t known to others except Ibn Abbas. That already makes it suspect. Had it been so common for the Prophet to combine prayers, people would have known. But it seems they didn’t. 4) The Farahi school of thought does not “reject” Hadith but the Western Academia has raised serious questions on its reliability, and forgive me for my ignorance, but I don’t know any traditional scholar who keeps up to date with the academy and solves the problems raised. For a brief overview of the work done, you can check out Dr. Joshua Little’s the Marital Age of Ayesha. He summarizes the work done till his writing. The intention is not to convince you of a particular point of view. I just want to ensure a common ground for discussion. So that none of us are just talking past one another. 😁
Yaar, dear Ashhal sahab. You are not getting what I want to say at all. I know Farahi school very well. No hadith which is contrary to Quran and Sunnah can be classed as Sahih. I never ever said that Qur’an initialize the Sunnah. Sunnah is something which we have get through ijma and tawattur. Now again I want to say, Qur’an have not mentioned anywhere the 5 times for Salah. We know times of Salah from the Sunnah. Please read my above reply again. This report is classed as authentic by notable chain transmitters. I don’t even have seen Ustad-e-Mohtaram (ha) commenting on the authenticity of this report, when he was asked about that report, He just point out the verse 4:103 of Qur’an. For these reports see, Sahih Bukhari (543, 562) and Sahih Muslim (1628 to 1637). Lastly, Abu Hurayrah (rta) may have made some mistakes. But, he is the most reliable and known hadith narrator. Thanks.