Is it permissible for a traveler who stays in Riyadh for four days to combine and shorten the prayers?

Question:
Among the questions we received, Honorable Shaykh Salih, is this: I go to Riyadh to visit, and sometimes I stay for four days. Is it permissible for me to shorten and combine the prayers, knowing that my city is one hundred and fifty kilometers from Riyadh?

Answer:
If you are in Riyadh near the mosques, pray with the Muslims, my brother. Pray with the Muslims. But if you are on the road, going and coming, then it is not permissible for you to combine and shorten if you have traveled a distance of eighty kilometers or more and if you stay for a period of four days or less. However, if there are no mosques where you are, you may shorten the prayers. As for combining, there is no need for it, because you are staying. Combining is only for one who is in the midst of travel. Yes.