And the evidence that those travelers who are fewer than three are sinners is that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, informed that one is a devil, and two are two devils, and it is likely that the meaning of his saying: "a devil" or "a sinner" is like His saying: "devils of mankind and jinn" (__QUR_6:112__), and its meaning is: sinners among the jinn and mankind.

Sayyiduna Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A single (traveler) is a devil, and two travelers are two devils, and three people are a caravan and a group."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a journey, when the time of dawn appeared, he would supplicate: «‏‏‏‏سَمِـعَ سـامِعٌ بِحَمْـدِ اللهِ وَحُسْـنِ بَلائِـهِ عَلَيْـنا، رَبَّنـا صـاحِبْـنا وَأَفْـضِل عَلَيْـنا سِتْراً باللهِ مِنَ النّـار» ‏‏‏‏“The Hearer has heard the praise and glorification of Allah, the thanks for His blessing, and the acknowledgment of His grace and bounty upon us. O our Lord, be our companion (in our journey) and bestow Your grace and bounty upon us. I seek refuge in Allah from the fire of Hell.”He would recite these supplicatory words in a loud voice three times. In the narration of Abu Hazim, it is mentioned:“and the acknowledgment of His generosity.”He would recite these words three times. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Abdullah bin Amir, the narrator, does not meet the condition of our book, but since I have also narrated this report from Sulaiman bin Bilal and Suhail bin Abi Salih (who do meet the condition), therefore, the narration of Abdullah bin Amir has also been included along with their narration.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a military expedition or a journey and night would fall, he would supplicate: «‏‏‏‏يَا أَرْضُ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ اللَّهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّكِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا خُلِقَ فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا يَدِبُّ عَلَيْكِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ وَأَسْودَ وَمِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ سَاكِنِ الْبَلَدِ وَمِنْ والدٍ وَمَا ولد» ‏‏‏‏ "O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah. I seek refuge in Allah from your evil, the evil within you, the evil of what has been created within you, and the evil of what crawls upon you. I seek refuge in Allah from every lion and beast, snake and scorpion, and from the evil of the inhabitants of this land and from the evil of every father and his offspring."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that I used to twist the necklaces for the sacrificial camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) with these two hands of mine. In the narration of Makhzumi, the words "these two" are not mentioned.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) adorned his sacrificial camel with a necklace and inflicted a wound on it as a mark.

Contrary to the statement of that scholar who thinks that marking is mutilation. In this way, due to his ignorance, he has called the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) mutilation.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) offered the Zuhr prayer and ordered that his sacrificial camels be marked with an incision on the right side of their humps, and that they be adorned with a necklace made of two sandals, and that the blood from their wound be wiped away.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) marked his sacrificial camel with an incision on the right side of its hump.

Hazrat Urwah bin Zubair (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Najiyah al-Khuza'i (may Allah be pleased with him) told me. He used to take the sacrificial camels of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to Makkah Mukarramah. He asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) what he should do if any of his sacrificial camels became exhausted. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) instructed me that for every exhausted camel, I should slaughter it and dip its shoe in its blood and leave it, so that needy people may eat its meat. In the narration of Janab Waki', it is mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Slaughter that camel and dip its shoe in its blood and strike it on its side (so that people may recognize it and eat its meat)."