Hadith 6135

To honour one’s guest and to serve him with one’s own hands.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

78 - THE BOOK OF AL-ADAB

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6135 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 32

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English translation

6135. Narrated Abū Shuraih Al-Ka’bi: Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Whosoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously. The guest’s reward is: To provide him with a superior type of food for a night and a day, and a guest is to be entertained for three days, and whatever is offered beyond that, is regarded as something given in Ṣadaqa (charitable gift). And it is not lawful for a guest to stay with his host for such a long period so as to put him in a critical position." Narrated Mālik similarly as above adding: "Whosoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet." (i.e., abstain from dirty and evil talk, and should think before uttering).

Arabic text

6135 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ المَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الكَعْبِيِّ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ، جَائِزَتُهُ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ، وَالضِّيَافَةُ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ، فَمَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَلاَ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَثْوِيَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى يُحْرِجَهُ»، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ: مِثْلَهُ، وَزَادَ: «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»

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