The Ruling on Combining and Shortening Prayers Upon Hearing the Iqamah

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh. The questioner says: I work as a sales representative for a commercial company, and my job involves traveling throughout all the Saudi provinces. I combine and shorten my prayers by advancing them. Then I hear the iqamah for the prayer I have already prayed, and I pray it again with the congregation. Is my practice correct? I ask for guidance.

Answer:
If you combine and shorten while on the road, there is no harm. Even if you arrive in the town and hear the iqamah, as long as you combined and shortened on the road before arriving, that is acceptable. Yes. However, if you are staying in the town near the mosque and you hear the adhan, do not sit in your house saying, "I will pray the shortened prayer for the duration of the congregation," while you are hearing the adhan. Go and pray with the Muslims in the mosque and complete the prayer with them, and do not combine, because you are a resident. Yes.