By: Moulana Muhammad bin Haroon
Source: Al-Miftah
MV Editor’s note: Supplications like that which appears below remind us and focus our hearts on the reality of Allah, Most High, being the real doer or cause. Yet we must not forget to also supplicate with our actions by taking appropriate halal means as well. See these guidelines from the UK government for a refresher on taking such means.
Suggested du’a for driving in slippery conditions
‘Allamah Sakhawi (rahimahullah) has quoted a Scholar from the past to have suggested the following du’a for protection against ones conveyance skidding/slipping:
إنَّ اللهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا
InnAllaha yumsikus samawati wal arda an tazula
Indeed Allah Ta’ala is the One who keeps the heavens and the earth from moving/shaking.
The full incident
Muhadith Ibrahim ibn Isma’il (rahimahullah) narrates that his father mentioned:
I was on journey from Harran to Al-Musil during the season of winter, mud and rainfall. Many people’s camels were falling, and people were facing severe harsh conditions. I feared for myself, knowing well my feeble state, so I slept and I heard someone saying ‘Should I not teach you something if you read it your camel will not fall and you will be safe?’ I said ‘Of course and may you be rewarded.’ So he said to me, say:
إنَّ اللهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا
I recited it and my camel never falter/fall till we reached Al-Musil and people incurred a lot of damage due to their camels falling whilst what I had was saved.
(Al-Ibtihaj, bi adhkaril musafiri wal haaj)
This du’a is quite apt and is derived from Ayah: 41 in Surah: 35
Recite frequently when driving in bad weather.
See the original article for a link to the dua in PDF format.
