Ruling on shortening and combining prayers inside Makkah for the pilgrim

Question:
I prayed the midday and afternoon prayers in Makkah on the Day of Tarwiyah, shortening and combining them. Is there anything required of me?

Answer:
If you are from outside the region and you arrived in Makkah on the fourth day or later, and you prayed the midday and afternoon prayers in Makkah on the Day of Tarwiyah by combining and shortening them, there is nothing wrong with that. However, if you are a resident of Makkah, you do not shorten in Makkah, nor do you combine; rather, you pray four rak'ahs, performing each prayer in its proper time.
As for if you arrived in Makkah and reached it on the fourth day or later, you may combine and you may shorten, but shortening without combining is better; you shorten and do not combine, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. The meaning of shortening is that you pray the four-rak'ah prayer as two rak'ahs; that is the meaning of shortening. The meaning of combining is the midday with the afternoon, and the sunset with the night prayer; that is combining. Some of the general public call combining "shortening." Combining is bringing the midday together with the afternoon, and the sunset together with the night prayer, either by advancing or delaying them; that is combining. However, if you hear from the words of the scholars the term "shortening," the intended meaning of shortening is that one prays the four-rak'ah prayer as two rak'ahs, and each prayer is performed in its proper time.