Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Not to go on a journey alone... ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عليه السلا٠) عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ (عليه٠) فِي وَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) لِعَلِيٍّ (عليه السلا٠) لَا تَخْرُجْ فِي سَفَرٍ وَحْدَكَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ ٠َعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَ هُوَ ٠ِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبْعَدُ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا سَافَرَ وَحْدَهُ فَهُوَ غَاوٍ وَ الِاثْنَانِ غَاوِيَانِ وَ الثَّلَاثَةُ نَفَرٌ قَالَ وَ رَوَى بَعْضُهُ٠465.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from the one whom he mentioned: Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) has narrated from his (asws) father (asws), from his (asws) grandfather (asws) regarding the will of the Rasool Allah (saww) to Ali (asws): ‘Do not go out alone on a journey for the Satan (la) would be with the loner, and he (la) is (also) with the two but further away. O Ali (asws)!

If the man travels alone he is misguided, and two are (also) misguided, and the three is a group’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And some of them are reporting: ‘For travelling’. رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/385)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)