Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shorten the prayer without travel, rain, or fear?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shorten the prayer without travel, rain, or fear?

The Shaykh:
Shorten? Yes. Yes, a hadith was reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) shortened travel, but they say this is among the difficult hadiths. This hadith is difficult, and the practice is contrary to it, and that shortening is not permissible except for an excuse: either illness, or travel, or rain between Maghrib and 'Isha', or—do you mean shortening or combining? The question?

The questioner:
The question is: Did he shorten (with the emphatic form)?

The Shaykh:
No, no, he never shortened in the settled state, he only shortens during travel. But I thought he was asking about combining. Combining is not permissible except for one of three things: either rain, or fear, or travel only. As for the hadith that he combined , this is considered among the difficult and ambiguous narrations, and it is not acted upon; the practice is contrary to it. Yes.