Duration of residence for the one sent on a mission and shortening the prayer

The questioner:
Now, regarding the question, brothers, please go ahead. Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh:
Peace.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh, for this lecture. However, you mentioned that the traveler has a maximum of four days; after four days, he is considered a resident.

The Shaykh:
Residence, I mean. Yes, indeed. Yes.

The questioner:
After four days he is considered a resident, meaning he is not entitled to shorten the prayer, is that right?

The Shaykh:
If he intends to stay for more than four days, he must complete the prayer from the moment he arrives in the town, because he has become a resident; his arrival in the town constitutes residence.

The questioner:
But for example.

The Shaykh:
That he waits for four days? No, he completes it from the moment he arrives. But if he did not intend to stay, and does not know when it will end, then he shortens the prayer.

The questioner:
Now, if for example he does not pray with the congregation, does he pray the afternoon prayer at home with four full rak'ahs without shortening it?

The Shaykh:
Until when?

The questioner:
If for example he does not pray the afternoon prayer with the congregation, does he pray four full rak'ahs at home without shortening it?

The Shaykh:
If shortening is permissible for him.

The questioner:
No, he is a one sent on a mission, for example, a traveler.

The Shaykh:
No, he does not shorten it.

The questioner:
He does not lose out, that is all.

The Shaykh:
No, neither at home nor with the congregation, because he has become a resident. Just as you are now in Riyadh and do not shorten the prayer because you are a resident in Riyadh, so too there, if you intend a long stay of more than four days, you are a resident and you complete the prayer, whether you pray alone or with a congregation. Yes.

The questioner:
Thank you.