Chapter: Joining two prayers when not traveling
Mu'adh b. Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) combined in the expedition to Tabuk the noon prayer with the afternoon prayer and the sunset prayer with the 'Isha' prayer. He (one of the narrators) said: What prompted him to do that? He (Mu'adh) replied that he (the Holy Prophet) wanted that his Ummah should not be put to (unnecessary) hardship.
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