Combining Two Salah
Five Salah are received through Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (sws) and no Hadith can reduce this number. Quran 4:103 endorses the fact that in normal circumstances, each Salah should be offered on its fixed time ( whose number we receive through Sunnah ). Quran 17:78 is not giving a number for Salah, rather the style used there points to all the Salah which fall during those phases of sun and it effectively covers all the Salah from Zuhr till Isha and Fajr is mentioned separately ( https://www.javedahmedghamidi.org/#!/quran?chapter=17¶graph=25&type=Ghamidi ). As far as Hadith of Ibn-e-Abbas (rta) is concerned, it can very well be understood in light of Quran and Sunnah i.e. Prophet (sws) used to combine prayers even in the absence of any fear, journey, danger, rainfall (but due to any other unusual hardship other then the ones mentioned in Hadith) . At a deeper level, this is clash of epistemological ideologies with one group who will always treat Hadith as an equal source of religion, equal to Quran and Sunnah and the second group will always put Hadith subservient to Quran and Sunnah and we find the latter to be more rational and more logical. An individual has to choose between these two epistemologies based on his honest understanding but this difference was there even among Sahaba and is bound to stay, may be till the end of times. As for five prayers in Judaism , please see: Discussion 987 For a detailed viewpoint of Ghamidi Sahab on this issue, please refer to the following thread : Discussion 71777
Ok sir, I can agree with you on Qur’an 17:78. But, as about Qur’an 04:103, Many scholars take this verse like the below mentioned video. Engineer Sahab (ha) also believes on combining two prayers without any reason. As about Ustad e Mohtaram (ha), he takes this verse like this, “But when you are in peaceful circumstances, offer the full prayer, [and, for this, pray at the appointed times] because the prayer is incumbent on the believers at the appointed times.” (javedahmadghamidi.org) As about Sunnah, we know that Sunnah have not reached to us, 100%. In that hadith, Abdullah ibn Abbas (rta) is constantly informing that they have prayed Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha, without any reason, behind our Holy Prophet (sav). Unlike, Ustad Engineer Sahab (ha), I also agree with Farahi school, that Qur’an and Sunnah is at first for us. Please watch from 01:06 to 02:13. https://youtu.be/Q7xFiM5ZyLk?si=uk1RKMDWr8oheFpq
Please watch the second video I mentioned, specifically from 12:09 to 15:28. Because, It is 30:21 minutes long. So, It would be easy for you. Here, Engineer Sahab (ha) is also telling that sometimes, Prophet (sav) used to do Khutabah (after the asr prayers), when Maghrib time arrived, then he used to continue his khutbah, until Isha time. After which, he used to combine both prayers together. So, my question is, if the prayers would be obligated on the specified times, in normal circumstances. Then he would definitely stop his khutbah, and after praying Maghrib, he could have continue his khutbah, from where he stopped. Why our Holy Prophet (sav) didn’t did that?