The ruling on writing dhikr (remembrance of Allah) on car windows
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Question:
The questioner asks about the ruling on placing the phrase "What Allah willed, there is no god but Allah, remember Allah" on the exterior glass of a car, knowing that it may be exposed to dust and ritual impurity?
Answer:
Did the righteous Salaf (the earliest generations) do this? They did not write dhikr on walls, in mosques, or in houses. They remembered Allah with their tongues and hearts and increased their remembrance of Allah. Writing does not replace the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), nor does it replace remembering Allah with the tongue. They say this is for the sake of reminding people. We say: Did the righteous Salaf do this? Reminding people means that you remind them yourself; you say "remember" or "remember Allah" while they are listening, and then they follow your example. These are the means of teaching and reminding. It is not writing on cars, nor writing on walls, especially given what the questioner mentioned: that this writing exposes the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to humiliation, such as a paper or a sign on which it is written falling down and being trampled. This is exposing the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to humiliation. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks about the ruling on placing the phrase "What Allah willed, there is no god but Allah, remember Allah" on the exterior glass of a car, knowing that it may be exposed to dust and ritual impurity?
Answer:
Did the righteous Salaf (the earliest generations) do this? They did not write dhikr on walls, in mosques, or in houses. They remembered Allah with their tongues and hearts and increased their remembrance of Allah. Writing does not replace the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), nor does it replace remembering Allah with the tongue. They say this is for the sake of reminding people. We say: Did the righteous Salaf do this? Reminding people means that you remind them yourself; you say "remember" or "remember Allah" while they are listening, and then they follow your example. These are the means of teaching and reminding. It is not writing on cars, nor writing on walls, especially given what the questioner mentioned: that this writing exposes the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to humiliation, such as a paper or a sign on which it is written falling down and being trampled. This is exposing the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to humiliation. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/294 — archive.org (2:44)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
