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English translation
1968. Abū Shuraiḥ Al-Ka’bī narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Hospitality is for three days, and his reward is a day and a night, and whatever is spent on him after that is charity. And it is not lawful for him (the guest) to stay so long as to cause him harm.” (Sahīh)
The meaning of his ﷺ saying that he is not to stay so long, is that the guest is not to remain with him until it becomes difficult on the host. The meaning of harm is inconvenience. So by saying: “as to cause him harm” means: “such that he becomes an inconvenience for him.” There are narrations on this topic from ‘Āishah and Abū Hurairah. Mālik bin Anas and Al-Laith bin Sa’d reported narrations
of Sa'eed Al-Maqburi.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. Abū Shuraiḥ Al-Khuẓā'ī is Al-Ka'bi, and Al-'Adawi, and his name is Khuwailid bin 'Amr.
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Footnotes
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[1] See Ibn Hajar’s comments on number 6135 of Sahīh Al-Bukhārī; some of them said that “his reward” (Jā’izatu) is provisions for a day and a nights journey when the guest departs, and Ibn Hajar indicated approval of this view. In which case, hospitality is for three days, and “His reward” is other than that.
Commentary
The Ḥadīth makes the point that just as hospitality on the part of the host is the right of the guest, the guest is also duty-bound not to remain at someone's house so long that his stay becomes an inconvenience for the people of the house.
