Travelling
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O Muslims: By the coming of the summer with its
high temperature and beginning of schools holiday, a lot of
families including men, women and children, focus their attention
on travelling to get some rest, amuse themselves and get rid of
boredom.
Dear beloved
brothers: There is no
doubt that travelling has a lot of uses such as changing customs,
seeing world wonders, discovering the greatness of Allah's
creatures and recognizing unimaginable new cultures, civilizations,
traditions and customs. All these reasons bring pleasure and
happiness for old, young, men and women. Beside all these
privileges, travelling includes a lot of troubles and hardship such
as the following:
1-
A lot of quarrels and problems
in airports, hotels, restaurants, transportation and even with
one's wife, children and servants;
2-
Feeling with worry and
depression after arriving at the place of destination;
3-
Fast feeling with bore and
tiredness;
4-
Delaying all the important
matters till returning home;
5-
The traveller may be afflicted
with various diseases.
The prophet (peace be upon
him) said "travelling is a piece of torture, as it prevents (the
traveller) from sleeping, drinking and eating, so when anyone of
you fulfilled his aim of travelling, he should hasten his return to
his family." [Al-Bukhari]
This prophetic hadith
indicates that travelling is not preferable but for a certain
purpose like curing, working or calling to Allah, so when one
finishes his need, he should return to his family and
home.
Because of
travelling hardship, Islam alleviated some jurisprudential rulings
from the traveller such as:
1-
Shortening and combination of
prayers;
2-
A permission to be excepted
from the congregational and Jomah prayer;
3-
Increasing the period of
wiping on the socks from one day to three days;
4-
A permission to break the fast
in Ramadan;
5-
A permission in leaving the
Nawafel (voluntary prayer).......etc.
Note:
the scholars said that these
travelling permissions aren't given during prohibited travel
(travelling for committing sins or disobedience).
Staying at
homeland is a piece of bliss:
When the
traveller returns to his home, we notice the
following:
1-
He feels with happiness and
comfort after his coming back to his own home, bed and food table
he used to.
2-
His brothers, friends and
relatives congratulate him for his safety arrival even if he was in
a short holiday or journey.
Travelling
precautions:
Dear
brothers: In addition
to the man's misery, tiredness and worry during travel, there are
some shariah prohibitions committed by some travellers, among which
are the following:
1-
Boasting, extravagance and
wasting money are committed by some travellers, even a lot of them
take loans for the purpose of travelling and that drives them to a
financial crises.
2-
Committing some sins which he
does not do in his country as when he travels to a strange country,
nobody knows him, means of deviation are available and the bad
companions lures him, so only few (who is kept by Allah) can
survive of the clutches of such a deviation.
Note:
the Islamic society is
considered a safety valve for Muslim as it prevents him from
committing a lot of sins.
Finally:
Dear beloved
brother: after you know
these facts about travel, will you leave this habit as you will not
find the pleasure and comfort you are seeking for, without facing
troubles and disturbances.
Let your travel only be in
Allah's obedience, the prophet -peace and blessings be upon him-
said " the bags aren't packed up for visiting mosques except for
three mosques: the holy mosque - in Mecca -, this mosque -the
prophet mosque in Almadina -, and Alaqsa mosque." [Agreed
upon]
The travelling in Allah's
obedience (for Hajj, Umrah, learning....) is blessed by Allah, so
we see the one who returns from Hajj or Umrah is happy although he
faced a lot of hardships. While we see the one who returns from
Europe, America or any other country although what he enjoyed of
welfare and pleasure, is sad and anxious (except those upon whom
Allah bestowed his mercy).
Dear
brothers: Whereas a lot
of sadness and worry resulted from sins, Almighty Allah removes
them by Hajj and Umrah. The prophet -peace and blessing be upon
him- said "from time to time, perform Hajj and Umrah as they remove
poverty and sins…" [Al-Albani said sound
hadith]
We invoke Almighty Allah to
keep all Muslims from all evils......
And peace be upon our prophet
Muhammad, his family and companions.
**
A lot of disease symptoms
appear on the traveller
A great number of
accidents
Congratulation with safety
arrival is an evidence for travelling hardship
The prophetic mosque in
Madinah is one of the mosques that bags are packed up for visiting
them
Safety is in
faith
**
Translated by
Wathakker.net website