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Sunan Abi Dawud 2571

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Keep to travelling by night, for the earth is traversed (more easily) by night.”

Anasnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالدُّلْجَةِ فَإِنَّ الأَرْضَ تُطْوَى بِاللَّيْلِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Keep to travelling by night, for the earth is traversed (more easily) by night.”

আনাস (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ তোমাদের রাতের প্রথমাংশে সফর করা উচিত। কেননা রাতের বেলা যমীন সংকুচিত হয়।

انس رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: رات کے آخری حصہ میں سفر کرنے کو لازم پکڑو، کیونکہ زمین رات کو لپیٹ دی جاتی ہے ۱؎ ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami ['Amr bin Ali], telah menceritakan kepada kami [Khalid bin Yazid], telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Ja'far Ar Razi], dari [Ar Rabi' bin Anas], dari [Anas], ia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu wa'alaihi wa sallam bersabda: "Hendaknya kalian pergi pada malam hari, karena sesungguhnya bumi diperpendek jaraknya pada malam hari

Enes (r.a.)'den; demiştir ki: "Rasülullah (s.a.v.) şöyle buyurdu": "Size gereken yolculuğunuzu gece yapmanızdır. Çünkü yer geceleyin durulur

Sunan Abi Dawud 2571, Book 15, Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad), Hadith 95. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) guided his Ummah to travel by night. He informed us that the land is folded up for travelers when they travel by night, so they are able to cover more distance by night than they could by day. This is so, because a mount is more able to travel at the night. If it has enough rest and gained its strength during the day time, its ability to proceed is multiplied at night time.

Likewise, a person is more able to proceed during the night when it is cooler and the same applies to cars when the heat on them is reduced.

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. 2Amr ibn Ali al-FallasTold us, Fourth generation, died 249 AH
  3. 3Khalid ibn YazidTold us, Third generation, died 182 AH
  4. 4Isa ibn Abi IsaTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  5. 5Ar-Rabi ibn AnasFrom, Successor, died 139 AH
  6. 6Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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