Hadith 2569

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ فِي الْخِصْبِ فَأَعْطُوا الْإِبِلَ حَقَّهَا ، وَإِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ فِي الْجَدْبِ ، فَأَسْرِعُوا السَّيْرَ فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُمُ التَّعْرِيسَ ، فَتَنَكَّبُوا عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ " .
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying “When you travel in fertile country, give the Camel their due (from the ground), and when you travel in time of drought make them go quickly. When you intend to encamp in the last hours of the night, keep away from the roads. ”
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الجهاد / 2569
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح مسلم (1926)
Hadith Takhrij « تفرد بہ أبو داود، (تحفة الأشراف: 12626)، وقد أخرجہ: صحیح مسلم/الإمارة 54 (1926)، سنن الترمذی/الأدب 75 (2858)، مسند احمد (2/337) (صحیح) »
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:

Just as a person benefits from the blessings of Allah,
in the same way, it is obligatory to grant this right to the animals under one’s ownership.


Furthermore, if during a journey one has to camp somewhere at night, the etiquette is to dismount away from the path.
The wisdom behind this is that there may be snakes, scorpions, and at times even wild beasts on the path.
(: Sunan Ibn Majah, Book of Purification and its Sunnahs, Hadith: 329)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2569