Anas reported God’s Messenger as saying, "Keep to travelling by night, for the earth is traversed [more easily]* by night.” *Literally ‘the earth is folded up.' The idea is that at night the journey seems shorter. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Hadith Referenceمشكوة المصابيح / كتاب الجهاد / 3909
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:جيد | زبیر علی زئی:حسن
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