Bismihi Ta’ala
Ahaadeeth and Sunnats of Traveling
Dua for the general safety
and well-being
79.) Sayyidina Jubayr Ibn Mut’im (RA) narrates that Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) said to him: “O Jubayr, would you not desire to be in a
better condition than your fellow travellers, and have more provisions than them?”
Jubayr (RA) said: “Surely, O Nabi (Sallallaahu
‘alayhi waSallam). May my parents be sacrificed for you.”
Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) said to him: “Read the following five Surahs : Surah Kaafiroon, Surah Fath (or
Nasr), Surah Ikhlaas, Surah Falaq and Surah Naas. Commence every Surah with
‘Bismillah’ and after completing them all, recite ‘Bismillah’ one more time.”
Jubayr (RA) says: “Previously, I always used
to experience hardships in travel and was not well off. However, after reading
these Surahs, the tables turned, and I always was better off than my
companions.”
[Hisn Hasin]
Note
: A person should frequently recite the above whilst still on a journey.
Extracted from Ash-Shamaa`il al Kubra
[The Sublime Conduct of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi
waSallam) Volume 3]
