Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3768
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لَوْ يَعْلَمُ أَحَدُكُمْ مَا فِي الْوَحْدَةِ مَا سَارَ أَحَدٌ بِلَيْلٍ وَحْدَهُ " .
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If any of you knew what harm there is in being alone, no one would travel alone at night.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic refers to what is inherent in solitude; the English witness makes the implied danger explicit as ‘what is wrong with being alone.’