It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man set out from Khaybar, and two men followed him, and a third man followed the two of them, saying continuously: "Go back, go back," until he sent the two of them back. Then he caught up with the first man and said: "These two were devils, and I kept after them until I turned them back. When you come to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), convey my greetings of salam to him and tell him that we are here busy collecting our charities, and if they were fit (to be sent), we would certainly have sent them to him." The narrator said: When the man reached Madinah, he informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of this, and on that occasion the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade solitude (staying alone or travelling alone)."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / أول مسند ابن عباس / 2588
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