The ruling on shortening the prayer and combining prayers for a resident while traveling

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: I traveled from Ta'if to Jeddah, and my stay was four or five days. Should I shorten and combine the prayers? Also, if I hear the call to prayer while I am in my house, and if I shorten and catch up with a congregation, I do not know if they are shortening or completing the prayer, and I prayed one unit with them, should I shorten or complete?

Answer:
If you intend to stay during your travel for more than four days, you are required to complete the prayer and you do not shorten it, because you have become a resident. However, if the stay is four days or less, or if you do not know the exact duration, you shorten the prayer. But if you are near a mosque and you hear the call to prayer, it is not permissible for you to pray at home, shorten the prayer, and leave the congregation. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . It was asked: What is the excuse? He said: Fear or illness. So pray with the congregation, my brother. Yes.