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صحيح ابن خزيمه
Ibn Khuzaymah
كتاب: المناسك
Book of Rituals (Hajj/Umrah)
(56) بَابُ النَّهْيِ عَنْ سَيْرِ الِاثْنَيْنِ،
56 Subchapter: Prohibition of two traveling alone
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 2570 — 56 Subchapter: Prohibition of two traveling
وَالدَّلِيلُ عَلَى أَنَّ مَا دُونَ الثَّلَاثِ مِنَ الْمُسَافِرِينَ فَهُمْ عُصَاةٌ، إِذِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَعْلَمَ أَنَّ الْوَاحِدَ شَيْطَانٌ، وَالِاثْنَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ، وَيُشْبِهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ: شَيْطَانٌ أَوْ عَاصِي، كَقَوْلِهِ: شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ (الأنعام: 112)، وَمَعْنَاهُ: عُصَاةُ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ.
And the evidence that those travelers who are fewer than three are sinners is that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, informed that one is a devil, and two are two devils, and it is likely that the meaning of his saying: "a devil" or "a sinner" is like His saying: "devils of mankind and jinn" (__QUR_6:112__), and its meaning is: sinners among the jinn and mankind.
حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ ، قَالا : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلانَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الْوَاحِدُ شَيْطَانٌ ، وَالاثْنَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ ، وَالثَّلاثَةُ رَكْبٌ " ، قَالَ بُنْدَارٌ : ثنا ابْنُ عَجْلانَ
Sayyiduna Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A single (traveler) is a devil, and two travelers are two devils, and three people are a caravan and a group."
