At a glance
The story
Malik relates from Abd al-Rahman ibn Harmala from Amr ibn Shuayb from his father from his grandfather that the Prophet ﷺ said: the lone rider is a shaytan, two riders are two shaytans, and three are a riding party 1 Muwatta 2801.
The meaning
In this report, travelling alone exposes one to the shaytan, and companionship on the road is a safeguard from his whispers and schemes 1.
Notes
From the travel hadiths of the Muwatta; the Jinn & Devils Browser shows it in the devils section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb· Evil ones among humans and jinn· The jinn· Muwatta 2801
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2801
People and things also explored
An ifrit of the jinn seeks the Prophet on the Night Journey· Every son of Adam's jinn companion· Whoever turns from remembrance is assigned a shaytan as qareen· The snake of Medina: the Ansari youth who killed it· The good dream is from God and the bad dream is from the shaytan· The shaytan lays Bilal down in the Mecca journey· The shaytan at the well of the traveller· Disheveled hair and beard like a shaytan
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The lone rider is a shaytan, two riders two shaytans, three a riding party”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/lone-rider-is-a-shaytan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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