What is the ruling on one who intends to travel and combine prayers by advancing them, knowing that he is likely to catch the other prayer in his hometown?

The questioner : In the name of Allah.
May Allah reward you well, O honorable Shaykh. What is the ruling on one who, while traveling, combines two prayers by advancing them, knowing that he is likely to catch the other prayer in his hometown?
And what are the implications if he arrives while the prayer is being performed in the mosques?

The Shaykh : As long as a person is a traveler, he may combine prayers, even if he will arrive in his hometown before the time for the second obligatory prayer enters.
However, in this case, it is better not to combine, because combining is only for the sake of need. This man, who knows that he will arrive before the time for the second prayer enters, has no need to combine. Nevertheless, if he does so, there is nothing wrong with it. And if he arrives and the time has not entered, he has absolved his duty and no prayer is required of him.

The questioner : He prays at home, meaning.

The Shaykh : Yes, no, he does not pray, he does not pray anything at all, because he performed it by combining it with the first prayer. Yes.