He lives and works in the city of Raabigh, and he travels to visit his family in at-Taa’if at the weekend; can he avail himself of the concessions of travel?
Question

                I am from the city of at-Taa’if, but I have been working in Raabigh, which is 320 km away, for 8 years. I go to Raabigh on Saturdays and I go back to my family on Thursdays. Is it permissible for me to not fast at the time of travel, and to shorten my prayers and put them together when I am with my family, because I am with my family only during the weekend, and it is less than four days?

Do the rulings on travel apply to me, and may I shorten my prayers and put them together, and am I allowed not to fast during Ramadan?
Praise be to Allah.
    Firstly: 

    The distance between at-Taa’if 
    and Raabigh is 320 km, which is a distance at which shortening the prayers 
    becomes permissible. Therefore it is permissible for you, when travelling 
    between the two cities, to follow the rulings on travel, i.e., shortening 
    prayers and putting them together, and not fasting, because you are a 
    traveller. 

    It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah 
    ad-Daa’imah (vol. 1, 9/88): The distance at which the concessions of 
    travel come into effect is that which is customarily regarded as being 
    travel; that distance is approximately 80 km. So if a person travels this 
    distance or more, then he may avail himself of the concessions of travel 
    such as wiping over his khuffayn for three days and nights, shortening the 
    prayers and putting them together, and not fasting during Ramadan. End 
    quote. 

    For more information, please see 
    the answer to question no. 105844 

    Secondly: 

    If a person is residing 
    indefinitely in a city for the purpose of work, and he does not intend to 
    move back to his original hometown, then he comes under the rulings of those 
    who are resident in that city. Therefore he must fast, offer the prayers in 
    full, and follow all the other rulings that apply to residents. 

    Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah 
    have mercy on him) said:

    If they intend to stay 
    indefinitely in the foreign land, such as workers who live there for the 
    purpose of work, or businessman who stay there for the purpose of business, 
    or state ambassadors and the like, who have decided to stay there, unless 
    some reason arises which dictates that they should return to their 
    homelands, they come under the same rulings as local residents with regard 
    to it being obligatory for them to fast, offer the four-rak‘ah prayers in 
    full, and wipe over the khuffaayn for no more than one day and night.

    End quote from Majmoo‘ 
    Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (15/289). 

    If after that, he travels to his 
    original hometown from which he departed, or to a city where he has family, 
    and he does not intend to stay in that city for more than four days, then he 
    is a traveller, and he may avail himself of the concessions of travel, 
    namely shortening the prayers, not fasting in Ramadan, and other rulings 
    pertaining to travel. 

    Imam ash-Shaafa‘i (may Allah 
    have mercy on him) said: If he comes to a city and he has any relatives, 
    in-laws or a wife there, but he does not intend to stay any longer than four 
    days, he may shorten his prayers if he wishes. The Companions of the 
    Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) shortened 
    their prayers with him in the year of the conquest (of Makkah), and during 
    his Hajj, and during the Hajj of Abu Bakr. Many of them had one or more 
    houses in Makkah, and relatives, including Abu Bakr, who had a house and 
    relatives in Makkah. ‘Umar also had many houses in Makkah. ‘Uthmaan had a 
    house and relatives in Makkah. But I do not know that the Messenger of Allah 
    (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) instructed any of them to offer 
    the prayers in full. He did not offer the prayers in full and they did not 
    offer the prayers in full after the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace 
    of Allah be upon him) when they came to Makkah.

    End quote from al-Umm 
    (1/217) 

    Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked: 
    I live in al-Qaseem, and sometimes I go to Riyadh to visit my family, and I 
    have a room there, and I stay with them for two or three days. Do I have the 
    right to shorten my prayers if I pray on my own? Do I come under the same 
    ruling as a traveller? 

    He (may Allah have mercy on him) 
    replied:

    Yes, you come under the same 
    ruling as a traveller, because your place of residence is al-Qaseem, and 
    your visits to your family are the visits of a traveller. Hence the Prophet 
    (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) shortened his prayers in Makkah, 
    although he had previously been one of its residents, and he had houses 
    there. But when he migrated, Madinah became his place of residence. So if 
    you go to visit your family, then you are a traveller.

    End quote from Liqa’ al-Baab 
    al-Maftooh (58/23) 

    To sum up: it is permissible for 
    you to avail yourself of the rulings on travel in two cases: 

    1.Whilst you are travelling between the two cities, there and 
    back, because the distance between them is the distance at which shortening 
    the prayers becomes permissible;

    2.whilst you are staying in at-Taa’if, if you have decided to 
    settle in your place of work, if you are staying in at-Taa’if for four days 
    or less, according to the opinion of the majority of scholars. But if you 
    are in a place where the prayer is offered in congregation, then you must 
    pray with them, and if the imam is a resident who is offering the prayer in 
    full, then you must offer the prayer in full behind him.

    For more information, please see 
    the answer to question no. 45815

    And Allah knows best.