Praying the shortened prayer for the frequent traveler, or praying in congregation at the mosque

The questioner:
The questioner says: I travel frequently, and my trips sometimes last two days or two weeks. He asks: What is the ruling on my prayer in both cases? Does he pray shortened and alone, or with the people of the city in the mosque?

The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.

The questioner:
He says: I travel frequently, and my trips sometimes last two days or two weeks. He asks: What is the ruling on my prayer in both cases? Does he pray shortened and alone, or with the people of the city in the mosque?

The Shaykh:
No, my brother, if the mosque is near you and you hear the adhan, it is obligatory for you to respond and pray with the congregation and complete the prayer with them, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) As for if you pray on the road, if you pray on the road and the road is a long journey of two days or more for a mount, meaning approximately eighty kilometers, then you shorten the prayer on the road. But in the town, and you are near a mosque where you hear the adhan and the people are going to the mosque, it is obligatory for you to go and pray with them. Yes.