Qatadah said: Allah has explained to you what you should say when you travel by land, and what you should say when you travel by sea. When you travel by land, you say: "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return." And when you travel by sea, you say: "In the name of Allah is its course and its anchorage," and the rest of the verse.
Yahya [narrated] from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, from Ayyub ibn Musa, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah: "That the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say when he mounted his camel: 'In the name of Allah. O Allah, shorten the earth for us and make our travel easy for us. O Allah, You are the Companion in travel and the Successor to [our] family. O Allah, we seek refuge in You from the hardships of travel, the sorrow of returning, and a bad sight regarding [our] family and wealth.'"
قَالَ قَتَادَة: قد بيَّن الله لكم مَا تَقُولُونَ إِذَا رَكِبْتُمْ فِي الْبر , وَمَا تَقولُونَ إِذا ركبتم فِي الْبَحْرِ؛ إِذَا رَكِبْتُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ قَلْتُمْ: ﴿سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ﴾ وَإِذَا رَكِبْتُمْ فِي الْبَحْرِ قُلْتُمْ: ﴿بِسم الله مجْراهَا وَمرْسَاهَا﴾ الْآيَةَ.
يحيى: عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ: إِذَا رَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ ازْوِ لَنَا الأَرْضَ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا السَّفَرَ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وعثاء السّفر وكآبة المنقلب وَسُوء المنظر فِي الْأَهْل وَالْمَال ".
