In Arafat should I combine zahur and asr salah or pray them on their proper time.....
Question
I am planning to go for hajj this year inshallah. The company who has arranged our trip will first take me to mecca for umrah. I will stay in mecca for 5 days then they will take me to madinah for 7 days and from madinah they will take me directly to mina for the hajj. I will put my ahram in madinah for hajj . Is it OK to go directly to mina from madinah. What should be my intention for hajj before leaving i.e tamattu or qiran or ifrad. If tamattu can I leave mecca to go to madinah and then directly go to mina for hajj. Should I shorten my pray during 5 days of hajj or pray full salah.
In Arafat should I combine zahur and asr salah or pray them on their proper time.
What about sunnat prayer and witr prayer. Should I read them during 5 days of hajj.
In Mudallafah, do I need to pray witr after praying magrib and esha together.
Answer
According to your schedule as explained, you will be Musafir and will have to make Qasr of all the 4 rakaats Fardh Salaah if you perform Salaah by yourself. If you perform salaah behind the Imam, you will follow the Imam. According to the Hanafi Madhab, if a Haaji is performing Zohr and Asr Salaah in his tent and not in the Musjid e Namira, then each Salaah must be performed separately in its time. The Asr Salaah will not be performed with the Zohr Salaah. A Musafir does not have to perform the Sunnat e Muakkadah Salaah. However, it is advisable to perform the Sunnat e Muakkadah Salaah especially when one is in such a sacred journey as Hajj.
Witr Salaah is wajib and has to be performed at all times.
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