among the travelers: “May Allah endow you with piety, forgive your sin, and facilitate goodness for you wherever you may be.” (1)
A man once came to the Prophet ﷺ intending to set out and said, “O Messenger of Allah, advise me.” He replied, “I advise you to fear Allah and to proclaim the takbīr (Allāhu akbar) upon every rise in the terrain.” When the man departed, he ﷺ prayed, “O Allah, shorten the distances of the earth for him and make his journey easy.” (2)
10 – A traveler should not take along a bell, reed-pipes, or a dog, for Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The angels do not accompany a company that has with it a dog or a bell.” (3) He also related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Bells are the flutes of Satan.” (4)
(1) Al-Tirmidhi, Book of Supplications, chapter “What to Say When Bidding Farewell,” no. 3444; graded hasan sahih by al-Albani, Sahih Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 3/419.
(2) Al-Tirmidhi, Book of Supplications, chapter “The Prophet’s ﷺ Advice to the Traveler to Fear Allah and to Declare the Takbir on Every Elevation,” no. 3445; Ibn Majah, Book of Jihad, chapter “The Merit of Standing Guard and Saying the Takbir in the Path of Allah,” no. 2771; also in Ahmad and al-Hakim. Al-Albani graded it hasan in Sahih al-Tirmidhi, 3/156; Sahih Ibn Majah, 2/124; and Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah, 4/149.
(3) Muslim, Book of Dress and Adornment, chapter “The Dislike of Dogs and Bells During Travel,” no. 2113.
(4) Muslim, Book of Dress and Adornment, chapter “The Dislike of Dogs and Bells During Travel,” no. 2114; Ahmad, 2/372; Abu Dawud, Book of Jihad, chapter “Hanging Bells,” no. 2556.