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What Has Been Reported About Hospitality

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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. THE BOOK OF FOOD

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الحديث: 3748 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 342

DarussalamṢaḥīḥAl-Albani(حديث أبي شريح) صحيح، (ما روي عن مالك بن أنس) صحيح الإسناد مقطوع (حديث أبي شريح) ابن ماجة (٣٦٧٥)
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3748. It was narrated from Abū Shurāih Al-Ka'bī that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day, let him honor his guest with his Jā'izah of a day and a night; hospitality lasts for three days, and anything more after that is charity. It is not permissible for him to stay so long that he makes a nuisance of himself." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: This was read before Al-Hārīth bin Miskīn when I was present; "Ashhab informed you:[1] 'Mālik was asked about the saying of the Prophet ﷺ, "with his Jā'izah of a day and a night". He said: "He should honor him, be kind to him and take care of him for a day and a night,[2] and (ordinary) hospitality is three days."

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3748 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْكَعْبِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ، جَائِزَتُهُ يَوْمُهُ وَلَيْلَتُهُ، الضِّيَافَةُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَثْوِيَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى يُحْرِجَهُ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قُرِئَ عَلَى الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ أَخْبَرَكُمْ أَشْهَبُ قَالَ: وَسُئِلَ مَالِكٌ عَنْ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «جَائِزَتُهُ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ» قَالَ: يُكْرِمُهُ وَيُتْحِفُهُ، وَيَحْفَظُهُ، يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً، وَثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ضِيَافَةً

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  1. 1

    [1] Meaning, Al-Hārīth heard it from him, and the students of Al-Hārīth were reciting it before him for his permission to narrate it, which is a method of conveying narrations called Ard in Hadīth terminology, so he would say: "Yes" or the like after they read it, meaning, "Yes, he did inform me"

  2. 2

    [2] This is the explanation of Mālik, and others said that it is provisions for a day and a night that a traveler would need when going from one location to another, and that it is

Commentary

The guests should be careful of their hosts' limitations, and should not put any unnecessary burden on the host. If the host insists or there is a necessity, then the guest can stay more than three days and it will be considered charity from the host.