Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 168 of 372
Etiquette of Staying, Riding, Encamping at night and sleeping during the Journey and other matters relating to the Journey
The Book of the Etiquette of Traveling – Chapter 168 : Ahadith 962 – 968
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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962 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When you travel through green and lush land, give the camels their due from the ground, and when you travel through a dry and barren land, make them walk quickly lest their strength falters. When you encamp at night, keep away from the roads, for beasts pass there and they are the resort of insects at night.”[Muslim].
963 Abu Qatadah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ encamped at night during a journey, he would lie down on his right side, and when he stayed a little before dawn he would raise his forearm and place his head on the palm of his hand.[Muslim].
964 Anas (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Keep to travelling by night because the earth is folded (traversed more easily) during the night.”[Abu Dawud].
965 Abu Tha`labah Al-Khushani (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Whenever the people encamped during the journey, they would disperse in the mountain passes and valleys. (When) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ noticed this he said, “Your act of scattering in the mountain passes and valleys is from Satan.” Afterwards the Companions kept close together whenever they encamped.[Abu Dawud].
966 Sahl bin `Amr known as Ibn Al-Hanzaliyyah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ happened to pass by a camel whose belly was sticking to its back (because of hunger), whereupon he said, “Fear Allah in respect of these dumb (animals). Ride them while they are fit, and slaughter them and eat their meat when they are fit.”[Abu Dawud].
967 Abu Ja`far `Abdullah bin Ja`far (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made me ride behind him one day and confided something to me which I shall never disclose to anyone. (`Abdullah added:) He ( ﷺ preferred to screen himself from others when responding to the call of nature, either behind a wall or the trunk of a date-palm.[Muslim].
Al-Barqani added: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered an orchid belonging to an Ansari and saw there a camel. When it saw him, it began to groan and its eyes shed tears. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached it and patted it on the hump and the base of its head until it quieted down. Then he ﷺ asked, “Who is the owner of this camel? To whom does it belong?” An Ansari youth stepped forward and said: “It is mine O Messenger of Allah!” He said, “Do you not fear Allah in respect of this beast which Allah has placed in your possession? This camel is complaining to me that you starve it and put it to toil.” [Abu Dawud].
968 Anas (radiyallahu anhu) reported: When we encamped, we would not offer (voluntary) prayers until we had unsaddled our beasts.[Abu Dawud].