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Shortening the 4-rak'a prayers, combining dhuhr-asr and maghrib-isha, and the accepted conditions.
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The traveler's prayer: when shortening is allowed, the schools' distances, residence and its annulment, intention, and modern cases.
As soon as leaving one's city's boundary with recognized travel intention (canonical distance about 80 km).
Yes, the whole journey; for the prolonged temporary resident (visit over 4 days), scholars diverge: follow your school.
He may leave the rawatib except witr and fajr's 2 rak'as (reported from the traveler hadith, Muslim 693).