Strengthening the Ummah

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as sayings:when one of you is invited for a wedding feast, he must attend it

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn ‘Umar to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version has the additional words:If he is not fasting, he should eat, and if he is fasting, he should leave it

Ibn ‘Umar reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as saying:if one of you invites his brother, he should accept(the invitation), whether it is a wedding feast or something of that nature

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Nafi’ to the same effect through the chain of narrators as mentioned in Ayyub

Jabir reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as sayings:when one of you is invited to a meal, he must accept. If he wishes he may eat, but if he wishes(to leave), he may leave

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who does not accept an invitation which he receives has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle, and he who enters without invitation enters as a thief and goes out as a raider. Abu Dawud said: Aban bin Tariq is unknown

Abu Hurairah said:The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle (may peace upon him)

Thabit said:The marriage of Zainab daughter of Jahsh was mentioned before Anas b. Malik. He said: I did not see that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) held such a wedding feast for any of his wives as he did for her. He held a wedding feast with a sheep

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) held a wedding feast for Safiyyah with meal and dates

Narrated Zubayr ibn Uthman: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The wedding feast on the first day is a duty, that on the second is a good practice, but that on the third day is to make men hear of it and show it to them. Qatadah said: A man told me that Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab was invited (to a wedding feast on the first day and he accepted it. He was again invited on the second day, and he accepted. When he was invited on the third day, he did not accept; he said: They are the people who make men hear of it and show it to them)

Qatadah reported this story from Sa’id b. al-Musayyab. This version adds:When he was invited on the third day, he did not accept but threw pebbles on the messenger

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: When the Prophet (ﷺ) returned to Medina, he would slaughter a camel or a cow

Abu Shuraih al-Ka’bi reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as sayings:He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest provisions for the road are what will serve for a day and night: hospitality extends for three days; what goes after that is sadaqah(charity): and it is not allowable that a guest should stay till he makes himself an encumbrance. Abu Dawud said: Malik was asked about the saying of the Prophet: "Provisions for the road what will serve for a day a night." He said: He should honor him, present him some gift, and protect him for a day and night, and hospitality for three days

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Hospitality extend for three days, and what goes beyond that is sadaqah (charity)

Narrated AbuKarimah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is a duty of every Muslim (to provide hospitality) to a guest for a night. If anyone comes in the morning to his house, it is a debt due to him. If he wishes, he may fulfil it, and if he wishes he may leave it