FatwaPerlisPrayer (Salah)
Hukum Jamak Solat Bagi Petugas Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia Yang Terlibat Dalam Merawat Pesakit
May healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients combine their prayers?
Short answer
Hospital staff directly involved in treating COVID-19 patients are permitted to combine prayers without shortening them.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Perlis State Mufti Department
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Himpunan Fatwa Negeri Perlis
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Hospital staff directly involved in treating COVID-19 patients are permitted to combine prayers without shortening them. By default, prayers must be performed on time, and combining them without urgent need or travel is prohibited. Where possible, jamak suri is preferred, meaning Zuhr or Maghrib is delayed to the end of its time and Asr or Isha is prayed at the start of its time. If that is not possible, combining at either prayer's time is allowed according to duty needs, based on difficulty that has occurred or is strongly expected to occur.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Bagi staf-staf hospital yang terlibat secara langsung dalam merawat kes-kes covid-19 di hospital diharuskan untuk melakukan solat Jamak tanpa qasar dengan panduan berikut:
Read the full fatwa on the Perlis website (new tab)
How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Perlis State Mufti Department. “Hukum Jamak Solat Bagi Petugas Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia Yang Terlibat Dalam Merawat Pesakit”, date not stated. https://muftiperlis.gov.my/index.php/himpunan-fatwa-negeri/339-hukum-jamak-solat-bagi-petugas-kementerian-kesihatan-malaysia-yang-terlibat-dalam-merawat-pesakit. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/combining-prayers-healthcare-workers-covid-19-patients/