The ruling on prostrating in a car at a prostration verse
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Question:
The brother questioner has a question. He says: If a person is reciting the Qur'an and comes upon a prostration verse while he is in his car and not facing the qiblah, does he prostrate in any state he is in?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Because this is a voluntary act, not an obligatory one, and voluntary acts are valid while riding a mount or in a car. Yes. Honorable Shaykh, regarding... But if he is the one driving the car, he prostrates by gesturing, and if he is not driving the car, he prostrates on the floor of the car. Does the listener of a prostration verse, Honorable Shaykh, prostrate? The listener who intended to listen prostrates, but the one who did not intend to listen does not prostrate.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The brother questioner has a question. He says: If a person is reciting the Qur'an and comes upon a prostration verse while he is in his car and not facing the qiblah, does he prostrate in any state he is in?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Because this is a voluntary act, not an obligatory one, and voluntary acts are valid while riding a mount or in a car. Yes. Honorable Shaykh, regarding... But if he is the one driving the car, he prostrates by gesturing, and if he is not driving the car, he prostrates on the floor of the car. Does the listener of a prostration verse, Honorable Shaykh, prostrate? The listener who intended to listen prostrates, but the one who did not intend to listen does not prostrate.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/148 — archive.org (19:40)
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