- The Quran alludes in several places to travel, to wander the earth, and to observe His signs. Seeing all the beauty that Allah (swt) has made in landforms, seascapes, and natural phenomenon, as well as the diversity in people and cultures, calls us to question and solidify our belief in the One true Creator.
- In a world, where Islam is increasingly demonized, we can use travel as a form of active and passive Dawah. Passive Dawah occurs when we are not actively calling people to Islam, but they are drawn in by the virtues that we show. Thus, travelling, while donning our Islamic identity, makes a Da’ee out of us. Being truthful and fair in our dealings, showing compassion to others, and being helpful are just some of the ways we embody Islam to others while travelling.
- A Hadeeth famously tells us to live in the world like a traveller. The true meaning of this Hadeeth hits hard when we actually travel. Travelling reminds us how little of worldly things we need and allows us to shun our bonds to materialistic pursuits. It also reminds us that journeys are short and inevitably end, and our real home awaits us at the end of the journey. Having never travelled, one cannot realize just how opposite our lives can become to what our Deen encourages them to be.
- Nothing reminds us that we are part of an Ummah better than being greeted by Salaam in places we do not expect it. We were once stopped by a loudly called Salaam in a village in Mexico. We were surprised, since we had assumed that we were the only Muslims there. Turns out we were mostly right – the man, who had hailed us, had migrated from Morocco and was the only Muslim in the village. His excitement at meeting Muslims after such a long time was unparalleled, and we were left grinning ear to ear.
- Being confident in your identity – growing up and having lived all my life in an Islamic country, I was apprehensive of travelling for the first time to a non-Muslim country with my large Hijab and flowing Jilbab. I was worried about the stares and whispers that might follow and wondered if I would at any point feel not so confident in my decision to cover. However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the more I travelled, the more my confidence in covering Islamically grew. I have interacted with non-Muslim hosts in various countries, gone to a public beach in Mexico, stretched out on the ground in Disneyland with my sleeping toddler, and turned away from a Buddhist temple after being asked to remove my Hijab, all the while feeling more confident than I ever thought I would.
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