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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The car horn when exceeding the speed limit and the companionship of the angels

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the bell in a car that sounds when a certain speed is exceeded, does it prevent the companionship of the angels?

Answer:
This is for necessity, this is for necessity, and it is not prohibited, if Allah wills, for the questioner’s need until he becomes aware of the speed, until he perceives the danger, just as you press the button on your watch for the alarm if you fall asleep; this is for the benefit, and the benefit is the stronger position. Likewise, the bell on the door today; if someone speaks or knocks, you do not hear the program in modern buildings.
The stronger benefit necessitates the use of these things due to the need for them. So they are not prohibited, if Allah wills. The intention is to bring about proximity. The intention is to use this necessity. And there is nothing else that does it. What makes you know about a person if he asks permission to enter upon you? And that this hill or this building is on the tenth or fifteenth floor, what makes you know? You do not know except through this bell. What invalidates the prayer of the one who is praying?
If the clock runs, these are stronger benefits, so there is no harm in them. So if you are in the car, what alerts you to the danger of speed to this degree? Yes. This means he says it is forbidden. And not first. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 120 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/النكاح/أحاديث في النكاح/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:54)

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