The difference in combining prayers between the one who has dismounted and the one who is traveling?

Question : And the distinction between the one who has dismounted and the one who is traveling, and that it is recommended for the traveler to exert himself,

Answer : Yes, the reason for this is that when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was dismounted in Mina, he did not combine prayers. His combining them in Tabuk or in al-Abtah, as the apparent meaning of the hadith of Abu Juhaymah indicates, does not clearly establish that the operative cause is travel. It may be that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) combined prayers there only because he needed to combine them, due to fatigue, a shortage of water, or something else. Therefore, we said that combining prayers is not prescribed, but it is permissible based on the apparent action. As for when one is traveling, it is established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), if he set out before the sun declined, would delay the midday prayer until the afternoon prayer. And if the sun had declined while he was in his place, he would pray the midday and afternoon prayers, then mount his mount.