clean place or feasible place to perform wadu during the day, and
there is no private place to perform salat.. Is it haram to wait until
I get home to perform Duhr and Asr salat.
Praise be to Allaah.
The Muslim has to understand the importance of prayer and the
necessity of observingprayer regularly at the appointed times,
fulfilling all the conditions and pillars and essential parts of the
prayer. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, As-Salaah (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours"
[al-Nisa' 4:103]
It was narrated that 'Abd-Allaah ibn Mas'ood said: I asked the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), "Which deed is most
beloved to Allaah?" He said, "Prayer performed on time." He said,
"Then what?" He said, "Honouring one's parents." He said, "Then
what?" He said, "Jihad for the sake of Allaah."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (504) and Muslim (85).
So it is not permissible forthe Muslim to delay his prayer beyond the
time it is due. Wudoo' does not require a clean place. Evenif we
assume that it does, the questioner could make sure that he has wudoo'
before coming to work and keep his wudoo' so that he can pray on time.
He has to offer prayer on time. Looking for a clean place where he can
perform the prayer is not too difficult. Prayer is valid in any place
on earthso long as it is clean and pure. The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The earth has been made for me
a place of prayer and purification, so whenever the time of prayer
comes for any man of my ummah, let him pray." Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
335; Muslim, 521. Sharee'ah only excludes from that specific places in
which prayer is not valid, which include graveyards and bathrooms. The
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "All the
earth is a place of prostration apart from graveyards and bathrooms."
Narrated by Abu Dawood, 492; classedas saheeh by al-Albaani inSaheeh
Abi Dawood.
So the workplace may be a place of prayer if it is clean. If it is not
easy thenhe should look for somewhere else. Asking his bosses to
allocate a corner where he can pray is not something that is
difficult.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
If he deliberately delays the prayer until the time is too short to
meet all the conditions and do all the essential parts of the prayer,
such as if there is some impure substance on him, or he is junub
anddelays the prayer so that if he does ghusl the time for prayer will
be over, then he has to purify himself first, but he is a sinner
because he is doingthe prayer at the wrong time. He should have
purified himself before the time became too short and prayed on
time.When he delays it, then he has to do what is required in the
right sequence even though he is a sinner because of his delaying it.
Sharh al-'Umdah, 4/58.
If he is unable to fulfil oneof the conditions of prayer being valid –
such as tahaarah (purity) – then he should pray on time and he is
exempted from this condition. It is not permissible to delay the
prayer until its time is over in order to fulfil that condition.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
Because those who are obliged to pray when the time for prayer comes,
but are unable to fulfil one of its conditions or essential parts at
that moment, but will be able to do so after the time forprayer is
over, it is not permissible for them to delay the prayer until its
time is over. If this were permissible then the one who is unable to
purify himself, cover himself, bow or prostrate, or do any other
condition or essential part of the prayer would be allowed to delay
the prayer until he is able to do that, if he knows or thinks it most
likely that he will be able to do it. This is contrary tothe Qur'aan,
Sunnah and scholarly consensus, because sharee'ah's concern that the
prayer be performed on time is greater than its concern for any other
condition or essential part of prayer that cannot be done. Hence it is
not permissibleto delay the prayer until its time is over because
ofbeing unable to do some of the essential parts. When the time for
the obligatory prayer is too short and one cannot fulfilthe
conditions, then doingthe prayer on time takes precedence over the
conditions. There is only one time when fulfilling the conditions
takes precedence over the act itself, which is when the act becomes
obligatory towards the end of its time, such as when a sleeper wakes
up at the end of the time, in which case the prayer becomes obligatory
when he wakes up, and he must fulfil the conditions of prayer. The
applies if someone wakes up after the time for prayer is over.
And Allaah knows best.
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