Rulings on Travel for the One Sent Abroad and the Duration of Residence

The questioner:
Perhaps there is a question related to this, Honorable Shaykh, that has come to us. Do the rulings of travel apply, or the assistance? I see the scholar is an innovator.

The Shaykh:
On the road, yes. On his way there and back, he is a traveler. But if he settles there for a year, or for years, or for months, if he settles there, the rulings of travel are cut off and he becomes a resident. So he completes the prayer and fasts in Ramadan, and he takes the rulings of residents. Yes.

The questioner:
But does he have a specific duration, Shaykh? For example, now after traveling, he might, for instance, cut it off in periods, or...

The Shaykh:
The maximum duration for which one takes the rulings of a traveler is four days. And whatever exceeds that, he is a resident. If he intends to stay for five days, ten days, a month, two months, a year, he is a resident who takes the rulings of residents: he completes the prayer and fasts in Ramadan. Yes.