Faith IQ – Can I Delay My Prayer Due To An Exam

Faith IQ

Exams are coming soon and sometimes students see their exam schedule colliding with Salah time. Is it permissible to delay a prayer due to an exam?

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi explains and answers.

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The speaker discusses the importance of praying ahead of a exams and advises against wasting time. They suggest combining the head and outside to see if one can pray at a timely fashion. The speaker emphasizes the need to practice and get permission to pray before combining the head and outside.

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			Have an exam that prevents me from praying Can I delay my prayer?
		
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			Allah says in the Quran that prayer is something that Allah has apportioned and timed and it is
obligatory to pray at its proper time. So the default is that you really need to work around the
prayer timings and if you have an exam for four hours, five hours, I mean, they must allow a
bathroom break, go speak to the instructor, speak to the professor, try your best. Don't just give
up and say okay, I have an exam. Try your best to see if you can pray and most people will be
accommodating in this regard. If supposing it is a one off exam that truly there is absolutely no
time. Some of the scholars have said you may combine the head and outside and you'll be combined
		
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			macgibbon Asia, just like when you're traveling in exceptional very, very, very rare circumstances.
You may combine the head and acid and you'll be combined most of the Venetia if this is done, it
should be a one off and not a regular routine. But before you get there, make sure you have tried
your best and gotten tried to get permission and see if you can pray the proper prayers on time.