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Joining prayers in a care home

Last updated: 28th May 2023
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Asallam alaikom wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, This question is regarding joining prayers in a care home. I am a female, UK, and I work at a care home for old ladies who are sometimes bed bound and helpless, they need medication at certain times and personal care, personal cleaning and bed pans etc . Often there are emergencies where the old lady suddenly loses ability to walk or they have dementia. My shift is between 4pm -10pm. With consecutive 30 minute windows between each ladies flat in the building, I do not always have a break. My colleagues are often rushing around and it can be fast paced. If I manage to find time to pray, it takes me 30 minutes because I have to remove my najasa clothes and wash and then change into clean clothes, make wudu and then go and pray 4 rakats without Quran and then change back into my uniform. The whole place is not clean because they have accidents on their chairs and on their carpet. I am observing proper hijab at work wearing lose clothes, everything including a clean hijab need changing and I cannot be late to any call. These days I have been joing dhuhr and asr before I go to work and when I come home at 11pm, I eat, wash and then join maghrib with isha. Is this permissible ? JazakAllah Kheiran for reading from me.



بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الجواب حامداومصليا

It will not be permissible to join between prayers. You can delay Salah till Mustahab time and not entering into Makruh time. I.e. delay Zuhur nearer to second Mithl of Asr and Maghrib before Shafaq Abyad (whiteness that remains after sunset) then pray Isha after it.

ولا جمع بين فرضين في وقت بعذر سفر ومطر خلافا للشافعي وما رواه محمول علي الجمع لا وقتا….
(الدرالمختارمع ردالمحتار ١/٣٨١، سعيد )

ولا يفرط في التأخير حتي لا تقع صلاة في وقت مكروه
(الدرالمختارمع ردالمحتار ١/٢٤٩، سعيد)

And Allah knows best

04 Dhul Qa’dah 1444/ 24 May 2023

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Answer last updated on:
29th May 2023
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