Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten the prayer before leaving the city?

Question:
We will take the first call from al-Jawf. Hail is with us on the line. Go ahead, move away from the television a bit and let us hear you on the phone, Hail. Hail, turn off the television, go ahead, and raise your voice. Yes, may you live long, go ahead. Yes, may you live long, peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings. And upon you be peace and Allah's mercy. Peace and Allah's mercy. Go ahead. May Allah keep you safe, Shaykh. May Allah keep you safe. Apostasy. This, may you live long, is for example, we are travelers and we want to combine the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, meaning, is it permissible, for example, at three o'clock, to shorten it, or must it be with the time of the prayer when the prayer is obligatory? Okay, thank you, Hail.

Answer:
If you travel before Zuhr, if you leave the city before Zuhr, heading toward your journey, then you pray Zuhr and 'Asr combined as an early combination. But if Zuhr becomes obligatory upon you while you are in the city, you must pray it in full. As for 'Asr, you pray it in its time; when the time of 'Asr enters, you pray it shortened to two rak'ahs. Yes.