صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب مُرَاعَاةِ مَصْلَحَةِ الدَّوَابِّ فِي السَّيْرِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ التَّعْرِيسِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ:
Chapter: Keeping animals' well being in mind when traveling, and the prohibition of halting in the road at the end of the night.
Hadith 1926
This hadith is listed as number 4959 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ فِي الْخِصْبِ ، فَأَعْطُوا الْإِبِلَ حَظَّهَا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ، وَإِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ فِي السَّنَةِ ، فَأَسْرِعُوا عَلَيْهَا السَّيْرَ وَإِذَا عَرَّسْتُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ ، فَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّرِيقَ فَإِنَّهَا مَأْوَى الْهَوَامِّ بِاللَّيْلِ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When you journey through a fertile land, you should (go slow and) give the camels a chance to graze in the land. When you travel In an arid (land) where there is scarcity of vegetation, you should quicken their pace (lest your camels grow feeble and emaciated for lack of fodder). When you halt for the night, avoid (pitching your tent on) the road, for it is the abode of noxious little animals at night.
