Combining Prayers
Zuhr and Asr as well as Maghreb and Isha can be combined if there’s difficulty in performing them on time. In either case the former one can be combined with the latter one (e.g. pray Asr right after Zuhr) or vice versa (e.g. offer Zuhr prior to offering Asr on its time).
A single narration by itself may or may not communicate the whole picture. All narrations on any given topic are supposed to be analyzed together and understood within the framework of the Quran and the Sunnah.