When is the supplication for travel recited? Is it when mounting the mount or when leaving the city? And when is the supplication for returning from travel recited? Is it recited every time one mounts a vehicle?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. We traveled from here, from al-Qassim, to Riyadh on a trip the day before yesterday. Two questions became unclear to me and my brothers, so I would like to ask both questions. Is that possible?
The Shaykh : Ask one question and save the other until your turn comes again.
The questioner : Okay, he says: When is the supplication for travel recited? Is it when leaving the city, when mounting the mount or the car, or what?
The Shaykh : Or when, or when.
The questioner : Is it when leaving the city or when mounting the mount?
He says: And when we returned from Riyadh, the young men differed regarding the place where the supplication for travel is recited. Some said: Its place is when we overlook the city, meaning Unaizah, and see it, because that is what the Prophet did, as they claim. Others said: Rather, its place is when we leave Riyadh heading to al-Qassim, and the context of the hadith indicates this, where he said, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, in this supplication:Sahih Muslim 1342, and he said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5501Hasan (Darussalam). How can he say this when he has finished his journey and arrived at his family? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The transmitted supplication is recited when one mounts the mount or the car, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Az-Zukhruf 43:12-13] upon it: meaning upon what He has made for us of vessels and livestock. Now we ride in vessels, but it is a land vessel. And vessels are of three types:
Land, sea, and air. In the time of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, only the sea type was known, but now it has diversified into these three types.
So when one settles upon it, he recites the dhikr and says:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5501Hasan (Darussalam).
As for when he returns, he says:, when he turns back from the city he returned from and when he approaches his city. So this is recited when turning back from the city he returned from and when seeing his city.
The questioner : Is the supplication for travel recited three times?
The Shaykh : No, the first question is only for the state of travel, but is for the return, for the coming back.
The questioner : In the last time?
The Shaykh : Yes, he says it upon return. As for[Az-Zukhruf 43:13], he says it whenever he mounts the mount, whether in travel or in residence. Even if you ride in your car now from your house to the mosque, you say: [Az-Zukhruf 43:13-14].
The questioner : And do we say the supplication?
The Shaykh : No, you do not say it because you have not traveled. This is only for travel.
The questioner : So we say it.
The Shaykh : I told you, may Allah bless you: You say it when traveling from your city when mounting the mount, and when returning you say:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30:1085.
The questioner : When returning, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : When returning from the city you turned back from, and when you approach your city as well, I mean: toward your city, yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. We traveled from here, from al-Qassim, to Riyadh on a trip the day before yesterday. Two questions became unclear to me and my brothers, so I would like to ask both questions. Is that possible?
The Shaykh : Ask one question and save the other until your turn comes again.
The questioner : Okay, he says: When is the supplication for travel recited? Is it when leaving the city, when mounting the mount or the car, or what?
The Shaykh : Or when, or when.
The questioner : Is it when leaving the city or when mounting the mount?
He says: And when we returned from Riyadh, the young men differed regarding the place where the supplication for travel is recited. Some said: Its place is when we overlook the city, meaning Unaizah, and see it, because that is what the Prophet did, as they claim. Others said: Rather, its place is when we leave Riyadh heading to al-Qassim, and the context of the hadith indicates this, where he said, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, in this supplication:
O Allah, we seek virtue and piety from Thee in this journey of ours
اللهم إنا نسألك في سفرنا هذاAllahumma, antas-sahibu fis-safari wal-khalifatu fil-ahli
اللهم أنت الصاحب في السفر والخليفة في الأهلThe Shaykh : The transmitted supplication is recited when one mounts the mount or the car, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount. (13) That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them
وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ * لِتَسْتَوُوا عَلَى ظُهُورِهِ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِLand, sea, and air. In the time of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, only the sea type was known, but now it has diversified into these three types.
So when one settles upon it, he recites the dhikr and says:
Allahumma, antas-sahibu fis-safari wal-khalifatu fil-ahli
اللهم أنت الصاحب في السفر والخليفة في الأهلAs for when he returns, he says:
Returning, repentant, worshipping our Lord
آيبون تائبون لربنا عابدونThe questioner : Is the supplication for travel recited three times?
The Shaykh : No, the first question is only for the state of travel, but
Returning, repentant
آيبون تائبونThe questioner : In the last time?
The Shaykh : Yes, he says it upon return. As for
Exalted is He who has subjected this to us
سُبْحانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا"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."
سُبْحانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ * وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَThe questioner : And do we say the supplication?
The Shaykh : No, you do not say it because you have not traveled. This is only for travel.
The questioner : So we say it.
The Shaykh : I told you, may Allah bless you: You say it when traveling from your city when mounting the mount, and when returning you say:
Returning, repentant, praising our Lord
آيبون تائبون لربنا حامدونThe questioner : When returning, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : When returning from the city you turned back from, and when you approach your city as well, I mean: toward your city, yes.