One Who Intends to Stay More Than Four Days and the Ruling on Shortening and Combining Prayers Before Leaving

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If one intends to stay for more than four days, he is required to complete the prayers. He asks: Are the four days such that it is permissible for him to shorten the prayers in them, and then start completing them on the fifth day?

The Shaykh:
No. If he intends to stay for more than four days from the time he dismounts from his vehicle, he is required to complete the prayers based on his intention.

The questioner:
If the time for the midday prayer enters before I leave the town, and I want to delay it to be combined with the afternoon prayer,

The Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible for you. You must pray it; because it became obligatory upon you in the town, you pray it in its time. You do not delay it past its time, nor do you combine the afternoon prayer with it. Yes.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
The time for combining has arrived, so you leave the town before the time of the first prayer enters. Yes.