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Is It Permissible To Delay Prayer Due To Potential Harm?
Ghamidi Sahb has often commentated on how it is permissible to move to the next secondary form of worship if there is hardship.
I was wondering, is it also permissible to delay prayer past it’s time if there is hardship in praying while walking or sitting?
For example, my shift at my hospital is very busy and keeps me from praying on time due to the high patient volume. I can pray in the hospital prayer room after work, but the walk to the prayer room is at least 15 minutes, causing me to miss my train home late at night. The next train would require me to wait an extra hour. I cannot feasibly pray while walking because the bathrooms on my ward are often very dirty, and there is a higher than average risk of contracting viruses from the toilet and faucet.
In this case, is it more appropriate to delay the train and pray, or pray once I reach home (a few minutes after Maghrib). I see a lot of hardship in delaying the train – especially since I have to get home and cook dinner, but I’m not sure what to do.
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Is It Permissible To Delay Prayer Due To Potential Harm?
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Im that case you have two options. You can combine the prayers. You can offer maghrib prayer with Isha at home. Or you can perform Tayammumm and offer your prayer on your way.
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I was mainly asking about Asr and Zhuhr (which fall during my shift). Is it permissible to do Tayammum in this case? (In cases where there is water, but doing Wudu with water will cause significant hardship?)
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Yes, hardship will allow you to go to alternate forms of worship. You can combine Zuhar and Asr or can perform Tayammumm to offer the prayer. for combining of prayer, you can perform Asr prayer in the time of Zuhar or Zuhar prayer in the time of Asr.
In the worst case scenario, if you are too busy with patients that you could not find any time for prayers, and if you leave your patients for a few minutes it might cause loss, then you can perform your prayer after your job is done. This concession is on the principle that you are helpless just like one is sleeping or like when the prophet was stuck due to shower of arrows from the Qurysh in the battle of Ahazab and he missed 4 prayers.
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