The Supplication for Mounting a Mount
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Is it obligatory to recite the supplication for riding every time one mounts a mount?
The apparent meaning of the Qur'an is that whenever a person rides on a camel, a car, a ship, or a train, he should say: [Surah al-Zukhruf: 13-14].
The questioner: Is an elevator analogous to that?Answer: No.
I do not think an electric elevator like this is of that type; I do not think it falls under this category, but rather it is a facilitated staircase.
The apparent meaning of the Qur'an is that whenever a person rides on a camel, a car, a ship, or a train, he should say:
"Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it. (14) And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ * وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَThe questioner: Is an elevator analogous to that?Answer: No.
I do not think an electric elevator like this is of that type; I do not think it falls under this category, but rather it is a facilitated staircase.