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Sunan Abi Dawud 2607

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: A single rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of devils, but three are a company of riders.

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: A single rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of devils, but three are a company of riders.

‘আমর ইবনু শু‘আইব (রাঃ) থেকে পর্যায়ক্রমে তার পিতা ও তার দাদার সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি (দাদা) বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ একাকী সফরকারী হচ্ছে একটি শয়তান, আর একত্রে দু’ জন সফরকারী দু’টি শয়তান। তবে একত্রে তিনজন সফরকারীই হচ্ছে প্রকৃত কাফেলা।

عبداللہ بن عمرو رضی اللہ عنہما کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: ایک سوار شیطان ہے اور دو سوار دو شیطان ہیں، اور تین سوار قافلہ ہیں ۱؎۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Maslamah Al Qa'nabi], dari [Malik] dari [Abdurrahman bin Harmalah], dari ['Amr bin Syu'aib] dari [ayahnya], dari [kakeknya], ia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Orang yang pergi sendirian seperti dua syetan, dua orang seperti dua syetan dan tiga orang lebih terjaga dari syetan

Amr b.Şuayb'ın dedesi (Abdullah b.Amr) den; demiştir ki: "Rasûlullah (s.a.v.) (şöyle) buyurdu": “Tek yolcu şeytan'dır. İki yolcu iki şeytandır. Üç (yolcu) ise, cemaattir

Sunan Abi Dawud 2607, Book 15, Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad), Hadith 131. 1 min read

What it means

This Hadīth discourages traveling alone, or even that two people travel alone, in empty places where no people pass by. A person alone may need a companion in case he needed help or if died the devil may not target him. If there are only two people and one gets hurt then he will be left alone. The Hadīth encourages traveling in a group so that the devil would not target the travelers with his schemes.

Nowadays with fast cars and highways a person traveling in the car by himself would not be considered alone because there are many other people traveling on the highway, whereas if he was away from main roads it could be considered alone.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Abdullah ibn Maslamah al-QanabiTold us, Third generation, died 220 AH
  3. 3Malik ibn AnasFrom, Third generation, died 178 AH
  4. 4Abd ar-Rahman ibn HarmalahFrom, Successor, died 145 AH
  5. 5Amr ibn ShuaybFrom, Successor, died 118 AH
  6. 6Shuayb ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn AmrFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
  7. 7Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-AsFrom, Companion, died 63 AH

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