Is it true that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah holds the view that combining two prayers is temporal, such that a long interval can separate them, and is it permissible for me to separate the two prayers by a period of up to half an hour or an hour when combining due to سلس ( سلس البول: urinary incontinence, سلس الريح: continuous passing of wind, etc.), as long as the time for the first obligatory prayer has not expired?
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Ibn Taymiyyah does not stipulate muwalat (succession/contiguity) between the two prayers in jam' al-taqdim (combining prayers by performing the second prayer at the time of the first), and this is also a view among the Shafi'is. He differed from the majority of scholars who stipulate it. The questioner believes that the condition of muwalat should not be violated except in cases of extreme necessity. As for the case of one excused due to sals (incontinence), it is advised to perform ablution for each prayer after its time has begun and to maintain congregational prayer.
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