What is the supplication for riding in a car, and is it obligatory to recite it?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the obligatory supplication for riding in a car?
Answer:
It is not obligatory, but it is recommended. As you heard, you should say the name of Allah when you get on it, saying "Bismillah, alhamdulillah" at the time of mounting. Then, when you sit on it, you recite the verse[Az-Zukhruf 43:13-14] and then you say the dhikr: "O Allah, You are the Companion in the journey," until the end of it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the obligatory supplication for riding in a car?
Answer:
It is not obligatory, but it is recommended. As you heard, you should say the name of Allah when you get on it, saying "Bismillah, alhamdulillah" at the time of mounting. Then, when you sit on it, you recite the verse
"Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it. (14) And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1571] ما هو دعاء ركوب السيارة وهل يجب قوله؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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