Darussalam · Volume 5
Chapters On EtiquetteSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3676 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1212
Source no. 3676 · Volume 8 · Page 176
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٢٥٢٤)
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3676. It was narrated that 'Uqbah bin 'Âmir said: "We said to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ: 'You send us and we stay with people who do not show us any hospitality. What do you think of that?' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'If you stay with people and they give you what a guest deserves, then accept it. If they do not do that, then take from them what they should have offered which a guest is entitled to.'" (Sahih)
3676 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قُلْنَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنَا فَنَنْزِلُ بِقَوْمٍ فَلَا يَقْرُونَا، فَمَا تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنْ نَزَلْتُمْ بِقَوْمٍ، فَأَمَرُوا لَكُمْ بِمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلضَّيْفِ فَاقْبَلُوا، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا، فَخُذُوا مِنْهُمْ حَقَّ الضَّيْفِ الَّذِي يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ»
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[1] They differ over its interpretation; between lavishly honoring him for a day and a night while he is a guest, or providing him provisions for a day and a night, which is more general and may be used by him on the remainder of his journey. See Fathul-Bâri.
a. It is the villagers' responsibility to provide food, accommodation and other facilities for an official person who comes to carry out the official tasks. b. Nowadays, in big cities the government provides the facilities of accommodation for official persons, so the officers should stay there and should not burden their subordinates. c. Whenever allowances for traveling and the like are provided to an official, he has to use them properly. He should not take extra money by spending lavishly or by giving false statements.