What is the ruling on praying Asr (afternoon prayer) after its prescribed time due to the unavailability of a place to pray, coupled with successive lessons that prevent praying it within its time?
Missing the 'Asr prayer until the Maghrib Adhan is a grave mistake and a major sin. The prayer must be performed within its prescribed time. One can pray anywhere, as the entire earth is a mosque, and there is no requirement for a special prayer area for women.
If it is genuinely difficult to perform the prayer within its time, it is permissible to adopt the view of those who allow combining two prayers due to necessity, such as praying 'Asr as a "gathering of advancement" (jam' taqdim) with Dhuhr. However, it is not permissible to miss a prayer until its time has expired.
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