Chapter on the Dislike of Traveling Alone
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 16
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِمَكَّةَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ اَلْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ صَحِبَكَ فَقَالَ مَا صَحِبْتُ أَحَداً فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «أَمَا لَوْ كُنْتُ تَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكَ لَأَحْسَنْتُ أَدَبَكَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَاحِدٌ شَيْطَانٌ وَ اِثْنَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَ ثَلاَثَةٌ صَحْبٌ وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ رُفَقَاءُ ».
Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated from Isma‘il ibn Jabir, who said: "I was with Abu Abdullah عليه السلام in Mecca when a man from Medina came to him. Imam عليه السلام asked the man: 'Who accompanied you?' The man replied: 'No one accompanied me.' Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said to him: 'If I had instructed you beforehand, I would have taught you better manners.' Then Imam عليه السلام said: 'One is with Satan, two are with two Satans, three are companions, and four are companions on a journey.'"
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