Chapter on Companions in Travel and the Obligation of Mutual Rights Among Them

Shihab ibn Abd Rabbih narrated: I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "You know my situation, my financial capacity, and how I spend generously on my brothers. Sometimes I accompany a group of them on the road to Mecca and provide generously for them." Imam عليه السلام said: "Do not do that, O Shihab. If you are generous and they are generous as well, you will burden them. And if they withhold, you will humiliate them. Instead, travel with those who are your equals. Travel with those who are your equals."