What is the wisdom behind the fact that the supplication of the traveler is answered, and is this a hadith?
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The questioner : The questioner, Munira Ibrahim, asks: What is the wisdom behind the fact that the supplication of the traveler is answered, and is this a hadith, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Traveling is one of the causes for the acceptance of supplication, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned a man who lengthens his journey, disheveled and covered in dust, stretching his hands toward the sky, saying, "O my Lord, O my Lord," while his food is forbidden, his clothing is forbidden, and he is nourished with what is forbidden. How then can his supplication be answered? This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
This means it is unlikely that Allah the Exalted will answer this supplicant because he is nourished with what is forbidden, his food and clothing, and his nourishment is with what is forbidden. Therefore, it is unlikely that Allah will answer his supplication. His statement indicates that lengthening the journey is one of the causes for the acceptance of supplication.
The wisdom in this is that the traveler has a heart that is free from distraction, as he does not have what occupies him as he does in cities and villages.
Furthermore, the traveler usually supplicates as one in distress, turning to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) because he is traveling, especially if the journey is one of fear and anxiety. In that case, the supplicant’s insistence in his supplication and his turning to Allah will be greater than if he were in a different state. This is one of the causes for the acceptance of supplication. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Traveling is one of the causes for the acceptance of supplication, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned a man who lengthens his journey, disheveled and covered in dust, stretching his hands toward the sky, saying, "O my Lord, O my Lord," while his food is forbidden, his clothing is forbidden, and he is nourished with what is forbidden. How then can his supplication be answered? This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
How then will he be answered
أنى يستجاب لذلكHe lengthens his journey
يطيل السفرThe wisdom in this is that the traveler has a heart that is free from distraction, as he does not have what occupies him as he does in cities and villages.
Furthermore, the traveler usually supplicates as one in distress, turning to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) because he is traveling, especially if the journey is one of fear and anxiety. In that case, the supplicant’s insistence in his supplication and his turning to Allah will be greater than if he were in a different state. This is one of the causes for the acceptance of supplication. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.