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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Ethics_of_Travel, page : 5
Concerning the Ethics of the Traveler from
his Setting Out to his Return
The traveler should pay his debts before leaving, and make arrangements for
those he is obliged to support, and return all trusts to their owners, if he has any,
and he should not take with him any provisions except what is lawful and good.
And he should take extra provisions with him to give to his traveling companions.
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: “From the generosity of a man
is the goodness of his provisions when he travels.”
When traveling it is necessary to speak kindly to the people and to offer food and
to behave in a good mannered way on the journey.
He should choose a companion so that he does not travel alone. A companion
who would help him in the religion, so if he forgets, he reminds him, and help him
if he remembers. As the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “A man is
his Setting Out to his Return
The traveler should pay his debts before leaving, and make arrangements for
those he is obliged to support, and return all trusts to their owners, if he has any,
and he should not take with him any provisions except what is lawful and good.
And he should take extra provisions with him to give to his traveling companions.
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: “From the generosity of a man
is the goodness of his provisions when he travels.”
When traveling it is necessary to speak kindly to the people and to offer food and
to behave in a good mannered way on the journey.
He should choose a companion so that he does not travel alone. A companion
who would help him in the religion, so if he forgets, he reminds him, and help him
if he remembers. As the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “A man is