A traveler who combines prayers: Is it permissible for him to catch up with the second prayer in his hometown?

The questioner : That is, a traveler combines the prayers by advancing the second into the time of the first, knowing and being confident that he will arrive in his hometown at the time of the adhan and will catch the congregation, so is it permissible for him to enter

The Shaykh : one person is traveling, he is one person.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : with the congregation? No, one person. Yes, this is an important question. He says: If the traveler is one person and he knows that he will catch the time of the second prayer in his town, in his hometown, and will catch the congregation, is it permissible for him to combine in this case or not? We say that the scholars state that the dispensations of travel do not end except by entering the town. So much so that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed the shortened prayer while they were looking at Kufah. They said: O Commander of the Faithful, this is Kufah. He said: We have not entered it. As long as a person has not entered, all the dispensations of travel are for him. However, the best course is that if he is confident that he will arrive before the time of the first prayer ends, the best is that he does not combine.

The questioner : Even if we come.

The Shaykh : Yes, and even if he combines, the prayer is valid.

The questioner : He also repeats the prayer.

The Shaykh : He does not repeat the second prayer because of the town of the dhimmi.