A traveler prayed the 'Asr prayer with two rak'ahs behind a resident, and he asked: Is there anyone among the scholars who permits this?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man prayed beside me in the 'Asr prayer, and he was two rak'ahs behind, but he said the closing salam with the imam. So I asked him, and he said he was a traveler. There are some among the scholars who permit a traveler to shorten the prayer, even if he prays behind a resident. Is this opinion correct?

Answer:
I do not know of any scholar who permits shortening the prayer behind one who completes the prayer. The scholars hold that it is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that whoever prays behind one who completes the prayer should complete the prayer. When Ibn 'Abbas was asked why he completed the prayer while he was a traveler, he said: "That is the Sunnah, O my brother's son. It is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Yes, so who is this scholar who said that? I do not know of anyone who says this, unless it is a scholar of his own kind. The scholars have multiplied today.