What adhkar and supplications are prescribed in travel?
Short answer
It is prescribed for the traveller to remember Allah and to say the supplication of riding and travel, including takbir and the reported supplication on mounting the means of travel, together with the established adhkar in the Sunnah.
Evidence and explanation
The Shaykh mentioned the well-known supplication of riding and travel, and referred to the hadiths reported on the adhkar of travel.
Scholar referenced
This editorial summary is based on the original source linked below and is not presented as a verbatim quotation from the scholar.
From the text of the answer (Arabic, with an English translation)
Original answer — Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz
ما الأدعية والأذكار المشروعة في السفر؟ — فتوى ٢٢٤٦٧- Question
«ما الدّعاء الذي يُشرع للمُسافر أن يقوله قبل أن يذهب؟»
English translation (unreviewed): What supplication is prescribed for the traveller to say before he goes?
- From the text of the answer
«كان النبيُّ ﷺ إذا ركب راحلته قال الدّعاء المشهور عند ركوبه: فيُكبر ثلاثًا، ويحمد الله جلَّ وعلا، ويقول: سبحان الذي سخَّر لنا هذا وما كنا له مُقرنين وإنا إلى ربنا لمنقلبون ، اللهم إنا نسألك في سفرنا هذا البِرَّ والتَّقوى، ومن العمل ما ترضى...»
English translation (unreviewed): When the Prophet ﷺ mounted his animal he used to say the well-known supplication on mounting: he would say takbir three times, praise Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and say: “Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it; and indeed we will return to our Lord. O Allah, we ask You on this journey of ours for righteousness and piety, and for deeds that please You ...”
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Source
What supplications and adhkar are prescribed in travel?
Title of the original page (Arabic): ما الأدعية والأذكار المشروعة في السفر؟
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him