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What Has BeenReported About AcceptingInvitations

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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. THE BOOK OF FOOD

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الحديث: 3740 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 341

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3740. It was narrated from Abū Az-Zubair, from Jābir, who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whoever is invited, let him accept (the invitation), and if he wishes he may eat, and if he wishes he may refrain.'" (Sahīh)

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3740 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ دُعِيَ فَلْيُجِبْ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ»

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