Is it permissible to shorten the prayer for one who travels to a town 200 kilometers away?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Also, a call from the brother Ahmad from the city of Ta'if. Go ahead, Ahmad. Peace be upon you. Peace and the mercy of Allah.

The Shaykh:
And upon you be peace. Shaykh, I ask Allah to be pleased with you. I work daily between Ta'if and Makkah. Daily. And on Thursdays and Fridays, the end of the week, I travel to al-Dairah, which is approximately two hundred kilometers. I want to know if it is permissible to shorten the 'Asr prayer. And when I return on Thursday and Friday, do I shorten in al-Dairah or not? On the way, going and returning, you combine and shorten on the road, you travel on the road. But if you arrive at your town, you do not shorten, because you have returned to your homeland. Likewise, if you return to your place of residence, you do not shorten. Rather, you shorten on the road between them, and you combine if you need to combine. Yes.

The questioner:
Meaning, it is not permissible to combine 'Asr with Maghrib in Makkah.

The Shaykh:
At your place of work or in your town?

The questioner:
At my place of work.

The Shaykh:
At your place of work, you pray with the Muslims, my brother. You have not been traveling, so that you might shorten. There is no harm in shortening if you do not stay for a period that exceeds four days. It is permissible for you to shorten. As for combining, you pray with the people and do not separate yourself, and the mosque is near you and you hear the adhan. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes.

The questioner:
I pray the Dhuhr prayer, Shaykh, with the congregation, but I shorten the 'Asr prayer because sometimes 'Asr comes while I am on the road.

The Shaykh:
You shorten the 'Asr. Yes, you shorten the 'Asr. As long as you are between Makkah and Ta'if, it is a distance for shortening. On the road, you shorten, there is no harm. Yes.