If a traveler stays in a town for four days, is the Friday prayer obligatory upon him?

The questioner : ... more than four days, and he considers himself a resident. Does he perform the Friday prayer or not?

The Shaykh : The answer to your question

The questioner : Does he perform the Friday prayer or not?

The Shaykh : The answer to your question is: did you consider him a resident?

The questioner : Yes, but he is still a traveler in the sense that he has not returned to his home town.

The Shaykh : If we correct your statement, did you consider him a resident with a temporary stay? Or did you consider him a resident who has resolved to stay? There is a difference.

The questioner : I mean he is a temporary resident, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : No, he is still a traveler as long as he has not resolved to stay.

The questioner : But he performs the Friday prayer.

The Shaykh : The Friday prayer, whether in its negation or affirmation, is tied to whether one is a traveler or a resident. So whoever is a traveler has no Friday prayer upon him, and whoever is a resident has the Friday prayer upon him.
The sessions were recorded during the Hajj of 1410.