Ruling on combining prayers in Makkah for a traveler

The questioner:
I ask Allah. The questioner, Your Excellency, says: I am a resident of the Ta'if province and I work in Makkah. On some days, I combine the Zuhr prayer with the 'Asr prayer, seeking the virtue of praying in Makkah. Yes. He says that he combines the 'Asr prayer with the Zuhr prayer, seeking the virtue of praying in Makkah.

The Shaykh:
I am not.

The presenter:
By Allah, the virtue of Makkah, the virtue of praying in Makkah.

The Shaykh:
Combining is only for the traveler, or the sick person, or the rain. These are three excuses that permit combining. Either for rain, combining between Maghrib and 'Isha', or for travel, or for illness. It is not permissible to combine the two prayers for any excuse other than these three. Allah the Exalted said: They have specific times, which Allah the Exalted has determined, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has clarified them. So you must maintain your prayer, each prayer in its time, and not combine except for an excuse, either illness, or travel, or rain between Maghrib and 'Isha. Yes.

The presenter:
Does the owner of the school, does he take the dispensation of combining while he is among the people of Makkah?

The Shaykh:
Now the buildings between Makkah and Ta'if are close, the buildings are close. There is no longer a distance of shortening between them. In my view, there is no shortening between Makkah and Ta'if, between Makkah and Jeddah. They have become close, and it was not originally a distance of shortening, but now the buildings are close. Yes.