If a man leaves his town as a traveler, does he continue to enjoy the rulings for travelers even after arriving in the other town?

The questioner : Okay, regarding combining and shortening prayers, and a person is on a journey, meaning the distance, meaning when is it permissible?

The Shaykh : When a man leaves his town as a traveler, he continues to enjoy the rulings for travelers until he settles in the other town. When he settles in the other town, he may remain under the previous ruling as long as he does not intend to reside.

The questioner : Meaning it does not have a specific distance?

The Shaykh : The issue now is not about the distance. The issue is: he moved from one town to another as a traveler.

The questioner : With the intention of travel.

The Shaykh : Yes, but in this town where he has settled, either he intends to reside, in which case he becomes a resident just as if he were in his own town, or he does not intend to reside, and he keeps saying, "I am a traveler today and tomorrow," and he takes a long trip with him, in which case he remains under the ruling for a traveler.