Masʾalah fī al-Murābaṭah wa-al-MujāwarahIbn Taimiya

85- It has therefore become clear that, although the prayer is more firmly enjoined than jihad, when the two vie for attention the prayer is lightened¹ so that the benefit of jihad is not forfeited².

86- The same principle applies to the Hajj, even though—by consensus of the Muslims—it ranks below the prayer.

Issue: When the time for Hajj becomes constricted

87- If its time grows tight and the Hajj conflicts with another intended act—for instance, a pilgrim on the night of sacrifice, which is the eve of ʿArafah, is heading toward ʿArafah—then, should he stop to perform the prayer in its settled form, he will miss the standing (wuqūf); but if he presses on in order to reach ʿArafah before dawn, the prayer will elude him.

88- The jurists hold three opinions:
• One says that the standing takes precedence, because missing it inflicts a tremendous loss by invalidating the Hajj.
• Another says that the prayer comes first, for it is more emphatically obligatory.
• A third view is that he should do both, performing the prayer to the extent possible in a way that does not make him miss the standing. This is the fairest of the opinions, and it is³ the position of a group among the companions of Ahmad, al-Shāfiʿī, and others.

The prayer of the fearful person who is being pursued

89- The scholars are unanimously agreed that someone who is afraid and being pursued performs the prayer prescribed for a person in fear.

(1) The manuscript has “akhaf” (lighter); the reading adopted here is corrected in view of the context. (2) In the manuscript, immediately after this paragraph there occurs a phrase with obvious omissions and corruption: "wa-qad tahsul fa-innaha min al-fasad bayna al-jihad waqt wa-al-darura ma la yumkin talafihi." (3) The manuscript reads “huwa” without the preceding conjunction waw (“and”).
٨٥- فقد تبين: أن لصلاة لما كانت أوكد من الجهاد؛ فإنه عند مزاحمة الجهاد لها أخفت١ حتى لا يفوت مصلحة الجهاد٢. ٨٦- وهذا أيضا كـ"الحج" وإن كان دون الصلاة باتفاق المسلمين. مسألة فيما ازدحم وقت الحج ٨٧- فإذا تضيق وقته وازدحم هو والمقصود، مثل أن يكون ليلة النحر وهي ليلة عرفة ذاهبا إلى عرفة؛ فإن صلى صلاة مستقر فإنه الوقوف، وإن سار ليدك عرفة قبل طلوع الفجر فاتته الصلاة. ٨٨- فللفقهاء ثلاثة أقوال: قيل: تقديم الوقوف؛ لأن عليه من تفويت الحج ضررا عظيما. وقيل: بل تقدم الصلاة لأنها أوكد. وقيل: بل يأتي بهما جميعا، فيصلي بحسب الإمكان صلاة لا تفوته الوقوف. وهذا أعدل الأقوال، وهو٣ قول طائفة من أصحاب أحمد والشافعي وغيرهما. صلاة الخائف المطلوب ٨٩- والعلماء متفقون على" أن الخائف المطلوب يصلي صلاة خائف.
١ في الأصل: "أخف" والتصويب من سياق الكلام. ٢ جاء بالأصل بعد هذه الفقرة عبارة بها سقط وخلل واضح وهي: "وقد تحصل فإنها من الفساد بين الجهاد وقت والضرورة ما لا يمكن تلافيه". ٣ في الأصل: "هو" بدون واو.

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