The ruling on shortening the prayer for a resident in the hospital

The questioner:
I think what happened was that I was involved in an accident in Ta'if on a Thursday, and I was traveling and not a resident of Ta'if, and I am now...

The Shaykh:
This is how it happened.

The questioner:
He received a phone call, and I was in Ta'if, and it was Thursday, and I am not a resident of Ta'if, and I am a traveler, so do I shorten the prayer?

The Shaykh:
A traveler from where? From Ta'if.

The questioner:
After he followed the area and considers it his route, treating the hospital stay as sleep.

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
And he said to him

The Shaykh:
If he stays in the hospital for more than four days, he completes the prayer and does not shorten it, but if he stays for four days or less, he shortens the prayer because he is in the ruling of a traveler. Yes.

The questioner:
Whether the accident happened to him during the journey, he does not know.

The Shaykh:
Hmm?

The questioner:
Of course, the accident happened without his knowledge, and now he can wash.

The Shaykh:
Without his knowledge.

The questioner:
That is, he was in an accident with them and he was in the hospital.

The Shaykh:
Yes, and what is it without knowledge, I mean?

The questioner:
No, I mean the staying of the hospital patients.

The Shaykh:
I mean, if he does not know the duration of his stay, he shortens the prayer, for example. Yes.