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Muwatta Malik 1798

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “One rider is a shaitan. Two riders are two shaytans, and three are a riding-party.”

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Hasangraded hasan by Salim al-Hilali
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حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ

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

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “One rider is a shaitan. Two riders are two shaytans, and three are a riding-party.”

রেওয়ায়ত ৩৫. আবদুল্লাহ ইবনে আমর ইবনে আ'স (রাঃ) হইতে বর্ণিত, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলিয়াছেন, একা সফরকারী শয়তান, দুইজন একত্রে সফরকারীর দুইজনই শয়তান আর তিনজন হইল একটি দল।

عبداللہ بن عمر بن العاص سے روایت ہے کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ اکیلا سفر کرنے والا شیطان ہے اور دو مل کر سفر کرنے والے دو شیطان ہیں اور تین جماعت ہے۔

Telah menceritakan kepadaku Malik dari [Abdurrahman bin Harmalah] dari ['Amru bin Syu'aib] dari [Ayahnya] dari [Kakeknya] bahwa Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Orang yang berkendaraan sendirian adalah setan. Dua orang pengendara adalah dua setan dan tiga pengendara adalah kafilah

Amr b. Şuayb r.a. babasından ve dedesinden rivayetle Rasulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'ın şöyle dediğini aktarmıştır: "Tek başına yolculuk yapana şeytan musallat olur. Çift kişi olarak yolculuk yapan kimseye yine şeytan musallat olur. Üç kişi yolculuk yaparsa bu bir cemaattir." Diğer tahric: Ebu Davud, Cihad; Tirmizı, Cihad

Muwatta Malik 1798, Book 54, General Subjects, Hadith 36. 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 Imam Malik back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MalikCompiler, died 179 AH
  2. 2Malik ibn AnasTold me, Third generation, died 178 AH
  3. 3Abd ar-Rahman ibn HarmalahFrom, Successor, died 145 AH
  4. 4Amr ibn ShuaybFrom, Successor, died 118 AH
  5. 5Shuayb ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn AmrFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
  6. 6Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-AsFrom, Companion, died 63 AH

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