The effect of marriage in a country of travel on shortening the prayer

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man travels to a country and marries a woman there, and stays for two or three days in that country, does the marriage end the state of travel so that he is considered a resident? And is it true that the noble Companion Uthman ibn 'Affan held this opinion?

Answer:
If he did not intend to reside, and he married but did not intend to reside in this country, he is still a traveler. As for the story of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), he completed the prayer in Mina. He completed the prayer in Mina. What was the reason for this? One of the opinions on this matter is that he married in Mina and that he had a wife in Mina, because Mina had a village until recently, with a built-up town, markets, and so on. When the expansion of the stoning pillars took place, they demolished it and relocated its people, compensating them and moving them for the sake of the stoning pillars project. So some people attributed the action of Uthman to this, holding that one who has a wife residing in this country is considered a resident.
If it is reported that he does not shorten the prayer, that is if he is a resident. But if he comes with her for a visit and they intend to return, they shorten the prayer because they are travelers. In any case, what Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) did was an exercise of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) on his part. He was a Companion, a clear example, and the third of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them). The Companions did not oppose him; they completed the prayer behind him. They completed the prayer behind him, and did not oppose him out of preference for the unity of the community and the unification of the word (may Allah be pleased with them). Yes.