Regarding A Fasting Person Who Is Invited To A Walimah (Wedding Feast)
Darussalam · Volume 3
14. THE BOOK OF FASTINGSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2460 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 331
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2460. It was reported from Abū Khālid, from Hishām, from Ibn Sīrīn, from Abū Hurairah who said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘If one of you is invited (for a meal) then let him accept (the invitation), if he is not fasting, then let him eat, and if he is fasting, then let him pray (Faṣallī).” Hishām said: “And the Ṣalāt means to supplicate (for the host).” (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: Ḥafṣ bin Ghiyāth also reported it from Hishām.
2460 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجِبْ، فَإِنْ كَانَ مُفْطِرًا فَلْيَطْعَمْ، وَإِنْ كَانَ صَائِمًا فَلْيُصَلِّ»، قَالَ هِشَامٌ: " وَالصَّلَاةُ: الدُّعَاءُ " قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: رَوَاهُ حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، أَيْضًا عَنْ هِشَامٍ
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The implication here is that the fasting person should also join the meal and supplicate for the host. If it is an optional fast, it is also allowed to break it in such a situation.