سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأطعمةFoods (Kitab Al-Atimah)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي إِجَابَةِ الدَّعْوَةِChapter: What has been reported about accepting invitations.
Hadith 3740
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ دُعِيَ فَلْيُجِبْ ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ " .
Jabir 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.
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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A fasting person can participate in an invitation while maintaining his fast; his mere presence will bring joy to the host and will express that his participation in the gathering is not due to any displeasure.
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If the fasting person does not partake in the meal, he should supplicate for the host. The Prophetic instruction (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is: (إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ كَانَ صَائِمًا فَلْيُصَلِّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُفْطِراً فَلْيَطْعَم)
(Sahih Muslim, The Book of Marriage, Chapter: The Command to Respond to an Invitation, Hadith: 1431)
“When any of you is invited, he should accept; then if he is fasting, he should supplicate (make du‘a) or pray, and if he is not fasting, he should eat.”
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The meaning of “فَلْيُصَلِّ” (then let him pray) has also been interpreted as performing prayer, so in this way, the fasting person will receive the reward of prayer, and the attendees will attain the blessing of the prayer.
➊
A fasting person can participate in an invitation while maintaining his fast; his mere presence will bring joy to the host and will express that his participation in the gathering is not due to any displeasure.
➋
If the fasting person does not partake in the meal, he should supplicate for the host. The Prophetic instruction (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is: (إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ كَانَ صَائِمًا فَلْيُصَلِّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُفْطِراً فَلْيَطْعَم)
(Sahih Muslim, The Book of Marriage, Chapter: The Command to Respond to an Invitation, Hadith: 1431)
“When any of you is invited, he should accept; then if he is fasting, he should supplicate (make du‘a) or pray, and if he is not fasting, he should eat.”
➌
The meaning of “فَلْيُصَلِّ” (then let him pray) has also been interpreted as performing prayer, so in this way, the fasting person will receive the reward of prayer, and the attendees will attain the blessing of the prayer.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1751
