Bookmarks 
Arabic font settings 
English font settings 
Reset global font settings Autoplay
سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ
Arabic font
Arabic font size
Holy Qur'an
English font
English font size
Your Bookmarks
Kids Qur'an
Are you sure you want to reset font settings?
Fiqh-us-Sunnah - 4.142
Hadith 4.142.1
Traveling on Thursday is Preferred
Bukhari reports that the Prophet, peace be upon him, seldom set out on a journey except on Thursday.
Hadith 4.142.A
Offering Two raka'at Before the Journey
Al-Mut'am ibn al-Miqdam reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "No one leaves anything behind with his family better than the two raka'at of prayers that he offers with them while intending to go on a journey."
(At-Tabarani and Ibn 'Asakir as a mursal hadith)
Hadith 4.142.B
It is Preferred to Have Companions for the Journey
Ibn 'Umar reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade loneliness, i.e., that a man should sleep alone at night, or go on a journey alone. (Ahmad) Umar ibn Shu'aib reported from his father and he from his grandfather that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "A single horseman (traveller) is a devil, two are two devils, but three are a caravan."
Qur'anic references:
Help us to build Quranic citations related to this hadith. Get connected with our Contact Us option.
Support Our Initiatives
"When a person dies, his works end, except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that is benefited from, and a righteous child who prays for him."
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)
"The best of what a man leaves behind are three: a righteous child who supplicates for him, ongoing charity the reward of which reaches him, and knowledge that is acted upon after him."
Sunan Ibn Mājah
"Every day two angels come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your Cause,' and the other (angel) says, 'O Allah! Destroy every miser.'"
Sahih Bukhari
