When is the travel supplication recited, and what is the meaning of the hardship of travel?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner also has a second question, Honorable Shaykh. He says: When is the travel supplication recited? Is it simply upon mounting the mount, or when traveling on the road?
The Shaykh:
He says: The travel supplication is when one mounts the means of transport, the first time one mounts it for travel, at the beginning. It is the saying of the Exalted and Majestic:[Az-Zukhruf 43:12-13] [Az-Zukhruf 43:13], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: Sunan Abi Dawud 2598Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) O Allah, make this journey easy for us, and show us the way back to us. O Allah, we seek refuge in You from the hardship of travel, the sadness of the appearance, and the bad outcome in wealth and family. Yes.
The questioner:
He asks about the phrases you mentioned, Honorable Shaykh: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of travel and the sadness of the appearance.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this has been reported, yes.
The questioner:
What is the meaning of the hardship of travel, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
In travel, it is the fatigue that occurs in travel, and the effect on the clothes and body from dishevelment. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner also has a second question, Honorable Shaykh. He says: When is the travel supplication recited? Is it simply upon mounting the mount, or when traveling on the road?
The Shaykh:
He says: The travel supplication is when one mounts the means of transport, the first time one mounts it for travel, at the beginning. It is the saying of the Exalted and Majestic:
and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount. (13) That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say.
وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ لِتَسْتَوُوا عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُواhas subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.
سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَO Allah, Thou art the Companion in the journey, and the One Who looks after the family; O Allah,
اللهم أنت الصاحب في السفر والخليفة في الأهل، اللهمThe questioner:
He asks about the phrases you mentioned, Honorable Shaykh: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of travel and the sadness of the appearance.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this has been reported, yes.
The questioner:
What is the meaning of the hardship of travel, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
In travel, it is the fatigue that occurs in travel, and the effect on the clothes and body from dishevelment. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6476- متى يقال دعاء السفر، وما معنى وعثاء السفر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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