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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Combining the hadith on the supplication of the traveler with the verse on riding in a ship

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Question:
This man asks, saying: How do we reconcile the hadith that the one who eats haram (forbidden) food and makes a supplication while traveling will not be answered, with the verse that they are
And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religionفَإِذَا رَكِبُوا فِي الْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ
[Al-'Ankabut 29:65]
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Answer:
The situation in the verse is one of dire necessity, unlike the situation of the traveler, who is not in a state of dire necessity. Therefore, there is no contradiction between the verse and the hadith.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف نجمع بين حديث إن الذي يأكل الحرام ويدعو في السفر ولا يستجاب له وبين الآية... — youtube.com

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