Combining and Shortening Prayers for One Whose Workplace Is Far from His Residence

Question:
Also, his other question in his letter says: I am a male employee, and my place of work is about ninety kilometers from my residence. Is it permissible for me to combine and shorten prayers, knowing that my work lasts for about twelve continuous hours, and for two and a half days I have no work? Please advise us.

Answer:
Yes, if the distance from your town to your place of work is eighty kilometers or more, and you do not intend to stay there, but rather you stay only for the duration of performing the work, and then you return, then you are a traveler. However, note that if there is a mosque and a congregation praying around you, then you pray with them and complete the prayer. If they are completing the prayer like you, and they are residents who are settled and completing the prayer, then you pray with them and complete the prayer, and you do not pray alone saying, "I am a traveler and I shorten." Pray with them; do not leave the congregation.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,