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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Ethics_of_Travel, page : 2
The benefits, which are an incentive to travel are derived either from fleeing from
something or seeking something. The traveler may be traveling because there is
some disturbance in the place he lives, and if the disturbance had not occurred
he would not have traveled, or he might have a purpose for, which he travels, or
he may be seeking something somewhere.
Taking flight from a matter, which is harmful to him in his worldly affairs: such as
the plague, a local epidemic, or fear of adversity, or cost of living. It is either
collective or individual as in the case of one who has the intention to escape from
some harm in his own town.
As for the religious benefits, such as when someone has been tried with
influence and wealth and many causes, which hindered him from devoting
himself to Allah alone, he would prefer travel and laziness and to distance
himself from wealth and influence, or as in the one who has been forced into
invention, or has been appointed to a position, which is unlawful for him, so he
seeks to take flight from it.
something or seeking something. The traveler may be traveling because there is
some disturbance in the place he lives, and if the disturbance had not occurred
he would not have traveled, or he might have a purpose for, which he travels, or
he may be seeking something somewhere.
Taking flight from a matter, which is harmful to him in his worldly affairs: such as
the plague, a local epidemic, or fear of adversity, or cost of living. It is either
collective or individual as in the case of one who has the intention to escape from
some harm in his own town.
As for the religious benefits, such as when someone has been tried with
influence and wealth and many causes, which hindered him from devoting
himself to Allah alone, he would prefer travel and laziness and to distance
himself from wealth and influence, or as in the one who has been forced into
invention, or has been appointed to a position, which is unlawful for him, so he
seeks to take flight from it.