Bismihi Ta’ala
Ahaadeeth and Sunnats of
Traveling
Entrusting the welfare of a
person to Allah Ta’ala
21.) Nabi (Sallallaahu
‘alayhi waSallam) would recite the
following dua when bidding farewell to a person :
Narrated by Hazrat
Abdullah Ibn Umar (RA)
- Sayyidina Abdullah Ibn Umar (RA) narrates that Hazrat
Luqmaan (Alayhis Salaam) said : “Whenever
anything is entrusted to Allah Ta’ala, He protects it.”
22.) Hazrat Abu Hurairah (RA)
bade farewell to Musa Ibn Wardaan (Rahmatullah ‘alaih) saying : I will bid farewell
to you as Nabi (Sallallaahu
‘alayhi waSallam) bid farewell to me
‘I
entrust you to Allah, who does not cause that which has been entrusted to Him
to be destroyed.”
-
It is Sunnah for family members and friends to bid
farewell to the traveler and entrust the safety of the person, his religion,
belongings, etc. to Allah Ta’ala.
23.) Certain Ahaadeeth
indicate that sometimes Nabi (Sallallaahu
‘alayhi waSallam) prayed for the traveler saying : “Fi
Hifzillaah” which means, ‘May you be in the protection of Allah.’
24.) Sayyidina Abdullah ibn
Abbaas (RA) narrates that when bidding farewell to him, Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) accompanied him to Jannatul Baqi and then said: ‘Proceed
in the name of Allah.’
- To say the above statement to a traveler is also a Sunnah.
Extracted from Ash-Shamaa`il al Kubra
[The Sublime Conduct of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) Volume 3]
