What is the ruling on praying while sitting at work, given the absence of a place to pray in a mosque or elsewhere, and is it permissible to combine prayers in this situation?
The prayer must be performed on time, with its conditions and pillars, such as standing for the one who is able. If it is difficult to perform it in the office due to its small size, then one must search for another place. If that is not possible, then one must leave this job and search for another job that allows for performing the prayer, for there is no good in a job that prevents prayer, and whoever leaves something for Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better. It is not permissible to continue in a job that leads to abandoning a pillar of prayer or delaying it beyond its time. However, one can leave to perform the prayer and then return, or combine Dhuhr and Asr prayers by advancing or delaying them when there is hardship and need.
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