سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأطعمةFoods (Kitab Al-Atimah)
باب نَسْخِ الضَّيْفِ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ مَالِ غَيْرِهِChapter: Abrogation of the ruling that a guest may eat from the wealth of another.
Hadith 3753
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " لا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ إِلا أَنْ تَكُونَ تِجَارَةً عَنْ تَرَاضٍ مِنْكُمْ سورة النساء آية 29 ، فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُحْرَجُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ مَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ ، فَنَسَخَ ذَلِكَ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي النُّورِ ، قَالَ : لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا سورة النور آية 61 مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ أَشْتَاتًا سورة النور آية 61 ، كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الْغَنِيُّ يَدْعُو الرَّجُلَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ ، قَالَ : إِنِّي لَأَجَّنَّحُ أَنْ آكُلَ مِنْهُ ، وَالتَّجَنُّحُ الْحَرَجُ ، وَيَقُولُ : الْمِسْكِينُ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنِّي ، فَأُحِلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ، وَأُحِلَّ طَعَامُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ " .
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: When the verse: "O ye who believe! eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities, but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual good will" was revealed, a man thought it a sin to eat in the house of another man after the revelation of this verse. Then this (injunction) was revealed by the verse in Surat an-Nur: "No blame on you whether you eat in company or separately. " When a rich man (after revelation) invited a man from his people to eat food in his house, he would say: I consider it a sin to eat from it, and he said: a poor man is more entitled to it than I. The Arabic word tajannah means sin or fault. It was then declared lawful to eat something on which the name of Allah was mentioned, and it was made lawful to eat the flesh of an animal slaughtered by the people of the Book.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: From the verse of Surah An-Nisa, some of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) understood that eating food at someone’s place without trade (i.e., without exchange or compensation) is considered “consuming unlawfully” (akl bil-batil, i.e., impermissible).
Similarly, some wealthy individuals considered it objectionable to eat at the homes of their poor relatives.
Through the verse of Surah An-Nur, both of these doubts have been removed and it has been clarified that you may eat at each other’s homes even without trade.
In the same way, a wealthy person may eat food at the home of his poor relative.
There is only one condition: that the name of Allah has been mentioned over it.
In addition, the food of the People of the Book is also lawful (halal) for you.
Benefit: From the verse of Surah An-Nisa, some of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) understood that eating food at someone’s place without trade (i.e., without exchange or compensation) is considered “consuming unlawfully” (akl bil-batil, i.e., impermissible).
Similarly, some wealthy individuals considered it objectionable to eat at the homes of their poor relatives.
Through the verse of Surah An-Nur, both of these doubts have been removed and it has been clarified that you may eat at each other’s homes even without trade.
In the same way, a wealthy person may eat food at the home of his poor relative.
There is only one condition: that the name of Allah has been mentioned over it.
In addition, the food of the People of the Book is also lawful (halal) for you.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3753
