Sunan Abi Dawud · Foods (Kitab Al-Atimah)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي إِجَابَةِ الدَّعْوَةِ
Chapter: What has been reported about accepting invitations.
7 hadith · references 3736–3742
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Abu Dawud · 3736إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ فَلْيَأْتِهَاAbdullah bin Umar reported the Prophet ﷺ as sayings: when one of you is invited for a wedding feast, he must attend it.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3737حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَعْنَاهُ ، زَادَ : فThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn Umar to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version has the additional words: If he is not fasting, he should eat, and if he is fast5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3738إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُجِبْ عُرْسًا كَانَ أَوْ نَحْوَهُIbn Umar reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: if one of you invites his brother, he should accept (the invitation), whether it is a wedding feast or something of that nature.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3739حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُصَفَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ بِإِسْنَادِ أَيُّوبَ وَمَعْنَاهُ . The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Nafi to the same effect through the chain of narrators as mentioned in Ayyub.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3740مَنْ دُعِيَ فَلْيُجِبْ ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَJabir reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as sayings: when one of you is invited to a meal, he must accept. If he wishes he may eat, but if he wishes (to leave), he may leave.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3741مَنْ دُعِيَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ، وَمَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَى غَيْرِ دَعْوَةٍ دَخَلَ سَارِقًا وَخَرَجَ مُغِيرًاNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet ﷺ said: He who does not accept an invitation which he receives has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger of, and he who enters without invitation enters as a thief and goes out as a ra5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3742شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُAbu Hurairah said: The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah5 narrators