Is a university student or government employee who lives at their place of study or work—which is at a distance allowing for qasr (shortening of prayers) from their original homeland, with the intention of returning there—considered a traveler, a resident, or a permanent dweller when they return to their original homeland during holidays and official vacations?

Whoever travels for study or work a distance that allows for qasr (shortening prayers), and stays for four days or more, their journey is considered interrupted, and they are not permitted to shorten or combine prayers according to the majority of scholars. Ibn Taymiyyah holds the view that it is permissible for them to shorten and combine prayers as long as they do not intend an indefinite stay. If the traveler returns to their original homeland, they are not permitted to shorten or combine prayers and are considered a resident (mustawṭin), which is one who permanently resides in their homeland and only leaves it for a necessity.