Indeed; at times of hardship and difficulty, combining between the Salaw?t is permissible unless this becomes a habit -as the soundest of the scholars’ opinions states. (1) And this is totally the opposite of the Sh?‘ah Mathhab which states that every two Sal?ts share the same time; the first of which could be done at the beginning and the second could be done at its end within a period enough to perform four Rak‘ahs. (2)

May All?h ( - عز وجل -) shower His Mercy on Ash-Sahwk?n?; he presented the [way] people [do Sal?t] at his time and stated the reason that made ignorants do the Sal?t before its time is due.

He said: ‘This part of the earth and this period of time were afflicted with some ignorants who do not know the Shar‘ and yet participated in delivering rulings in some Fiqh matters. Consequently, they trespassed the prescribed times and permitted people to do Sal?t in times other than the prescribed ones believing that this is the way of showing love and respect to the prophet’s ( - ) house hold and hence leading themselves and others astray. Indeed, the prophet’s ( - ) household are free from this practice and never instituted it for people’. (3)

Al-H?fith Ath-Thahab? also reported that the cause that made the Qurr?’, i.e. the Qur’?n recitors, and the righteous in Ir?q revolt against Al-Hajj?j for his tyranny in delaying Sal?t from its due time and combining two Sal?ts in residence. (4)

The apparent words of Ash-Shawk?n? mean that he [Al-Hajj?j] used to combine between the Salaw?t without any need or Shar‘