Question:
Are there any other ahadeeth regarding being, living, or travelling alone?
Answer:
نِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْوَحْدَةِ مَا أَعْلَمُ مَا سَارَ رَاكِبٌ بِلَيْلٍ وَحْدَهُ
Narrated Ibn’ `Umar:
from the Prophet (ﷺ) the following Hadith (No. 242).
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If the people knew what I know about traveling alone, then nobody would travel alone at night.”
[Bukhari no.2998]
نهى أنْ يَبِيتَ الرَّجُل وحده، أو يُسافِر وحَدَه
He prohibited for a man to sleep alone or to travel alone
[Silsilatus-Saheeha no. 60]
الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ رَكْبٌ ”
A single rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of devils, but three are a company of riders.
[Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 2607]
Hafidh Ibn Hajr rahimahullah said:
“It is carried to mean that the time for the permissibility of travelling alone is restricted to a need when it is safe to do so. And the condition of prohibition is restricted to when there is fear and when there is no necessity”
[Fath ul-Bari (7/252)]
Shaikh al-Albani rahimahullah said:
“Perhaps the Hadith means travel in the desert and in wilderness which a traveller rarely sees anyone from the people. The travel nowadays on paved roads, which have a lot of transportation, then it does not enter into this [Hadith]. And Allah Knows Best”
[Saheeha (1/132)]
And Allah Knows Best
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
