The ruling on shortening the prayer for a traveler who resides for the purpose of study

Question:
The questioner, who used the pseudonym Abdullah Salim, says: I am going to travel, if Allah wills, for a period of six months to study. Do I shorten the prayer and combine them, or do I pray every obligatory prayer at its proper time when I arrive in the city where I will be studying? You shorten the prayer and combine them while traveling between you and the city you are going to, so you combine the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer, and the sunset prayer with the night prayer, and you shorten the four-rak'ah prayers on the way there and back. As for the period of your residence for study, you complete the prayer and do not combine it, because you have become a resident, taking on the rulings of residents, and the state of travel has ended with this residence. Yes. May Allah reward you and bless you.

Answer:
Between you and the country you intend to travel to, you combine the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer, and the sunset prayer with the night prayer, and you shorten the four-rak'ah prayers on the way, both going and returning. As for the period of your stay for study, you complete the prayer and do not combine it, because you have become a resident, taking on the rulings of residents, and the state of travel has ended with this stay. Yes. May Allah reward you and bless you.