helplessness and grief of the deceased, traumas of the deceased, the terror of the grave and afterlife, the Ṣirāṭ bridge, Heaven and Hell, etc., making self-accountability.[1]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
· If the journey is as per Shar’ī distance (which is about 92 km to become a traveller), I will offer two Rak’āt Nafl Ṣalāĥ at my home during non-Makrūĥ timings for beginning a journey.
· Each time, the Du’ā of travelling will be recited together, with precautionary repentance and the renewal of faith, I will repent of my sins.
· I will obey the Amīr-e-Qāfilaĥ and follow the schedule of the Madanī Qāfilaĥ. * I will observe ‘Qufl-e-Madīnaĥ’ of my tongue, eyes and stomach.
· I will continue acting upon the ‘Madanī In’āmāt’ on all occasions. * I will rectify my mistakes in Wuḍū, Ṣalāĥ, recitation of the Holy Quran in the company of ‘devotees of Rasūl’ (the one who already knows these things should intend to teach others).
[1] Saying of Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: To ponder (about the afterlife) for even a moment is better than 60 years of worship.
(Al-Jāmi’-uṣ-Ṣaghīr by Imām Suyūṭī pp. 365, Ḥadīš 5897)