The Benefits in Travelling by Imam ash-Shafi'i(rahim Allah فوائد الأسفار The Benefits in Travelling تغرب عن الأوطان في طلب العلى *** وسافر ففي الأسفار خمس فوائد Leave your country in search of loftiness And travel! For in travel there are 5 benefits, تفرج هم واكتساب معيشة *** وعلم وآداب وصحبة ماجد Relief of adversity and earning of livelihood And knowledge and etiquettes and noble companionship فإن قيل في الأسفار ذل ومحنة *** وقطع الفيافي وارتكاب الشدائد If it is said that travelling brings humiliation and difficulty And long journeys across deserts and toil and trouble, فموت الفتى خير له من قيامه *** بدار هوان بين واش وحاسد Then death is better for a person than him remaining In a humiliating land between traitors and enviers by Imam ash-Shafi'i(rahimullah)