The Obligation of Congregational Prayer for the Traveler

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A man travels to Riyadh to study at the university. He goes on Friday evening and returns to his family and his hometown on Monday afternoon. Does the ruling for a traveler apply to him regarding shortening the prayers and combining them?
He is a traveler, without doubt, because he has not made the city of study his home, nor has he intended to reside there permanently; rather, his stay is for a specific purpose. However, if he is in a place where the congregation is held, it is obligatory for him to attend the congregation. As for what is widespread among some of the common people that a traveler is not required to attend the congregation or the Friday prayer, this has no basis. In fact, the congregation is obligatory for a traveler, even if he is in battle:

And when you are among them and lead them in prayer, let a group of them stand [in prayer] with you

وَإِذَا كُنْتَ فِيهِمْ فَأَقَمْتَ لَهُمُ الصَّلاةَ فَلْتَقُمْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ مَعَكَ

[Al-Nisa: 102],And the Friday prayer is obligatory for everyone who hears the call:

O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلاةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسَعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ

[Al-Jumu'ah: 9]; but if you miss the prayer while you are there, or if you are in a place far from the mosques, then you pray the four-rak'ah prayer as two rak'ahs.

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