TRAVEL BY NIGHT H 976 "You should always travel by night because the earth shrinks during the night." R 976 Abu Dawud with a chain up to Anas who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
964- وعن أنس رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : قَالَ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "عَلَيْكُمْ بِالدُّلْجَةِ ، فَإنَّ الأرْضَ تُطْوَى بِاللَّيْلِ" رواه أَبُو داود بإسناد حسن . " الدُّلْجَةُ" : السَّيْرُ في اللَّيْلِ .