الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل البر وصلة الرحمIssues of Righteousness and Maintaining Family Ties
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي مُدَّةِ الضَّيَافَةِ وَمَا لِلضَّيْفِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ
Chapter on what has been narrated regarding the duration of hospitality, the rights of the guest, and his duties
Hadith 9092
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ((حَقُّ الضِّيَافَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ فَمَا أَصَابَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ))
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The right of hospitality is for three days; after that, whatever the guest receives will be charity for him.
Hadith 9093
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلُهُ
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrates a similar hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith 9094
عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ((الضِّيَافَةُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَجَائِزَتُهُ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ حَتَّى يُؤْثِمَهُ)) قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَيْفَ يُؤْثِمُهُ قَالَ ((يُقِيمُ عِنْدَهُ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ شَيْءٌ يَقْرِيهِ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Shurayh Khuzai (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Hospitality is for three days, and the guest's right is for one day and night. And it is not lawful for anyone to stay with someone to such an extent that he makes him sinful. The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! How would he make him sinful? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Its form is that the guest stays with him while he has nothing left for hospitality.
Hadith 9095
عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيَّ يَقُولُ تَضَيَّفْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ سَبْعًا قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَسَمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ تَمْرًا فَأَصَابَنِي سَبْعَ تَمَرَاتٍ إِحْدَاهُنَّ حَشَفَةٌ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَعْجَبَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا شَدَّتْ مَضَاغِي
Abu Uthman Nahdi says: I stayed as a guest of Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) for seven days. I heard him say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed dates among his companions. My share was seven dates, among which there was one inferior date, yet that was the one I liked the most. I had to chew it with great effort.
Hadith 9096
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ((إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ فَأَطْعَمَهُ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ سَقَاهُ شَرَابًا مِنْ شَرَابِهِ فَلْيَشْرَبْ مِنْ شَرَابِهِ وَلَا يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ))
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a person goes to his Muslim brother and he offers him some food, he should eat it and not ask about it; similarly, if he offers him a drink, he should drink it and not ask about it.
Hadith 9097
عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ الْكِنْدِيِّ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ((لَيْلَةُ الضَّيْفِ وَاجِبَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ فَإِنْ أَصْبَحَ بِفِنَائِهِ مَحْرُومًا كَانَ دَيْنًا لَهُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اقْتَضَاهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَهُ))
Sayyiduna Miqdam bin Ma’dikarib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The (first) night’s hospitality for a guest is obligatory upon every Muslim. If the guest spends the night in the host’s adjoining courtyard in such a state that he is deprived of this right, then it will be a debt upon the host. The guest may demand it if he wishes, or he may forgo it.
Hadith 9098
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ((أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ أَضَافَ قَوْمًا فَأَصْبَحَ الضَّيْفُ مَحْرُومًا فَإِنَّ حَقًّا عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ نَصْرُهُ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ بِقَرَى لَيْلَتِهِ مِنْ زَرْعِهِ وَمَالِهِ))
(Second chain) The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: If a Muslim becomes the guest of a people, but he wakes up in the morning deprived of his right, then it is obligatory upon every Muslim to help that guest, until he receives his right of hospitality for that night from the host’s crops and wealth.
Hadith 9099
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ((أَيُّمَا ضَيْفٍ نَزَلَ بِقَوْمٍ فَأَصْبَحَ الضَّيْفُ مَحْرُومًا فَلَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ بِقَدْرِ قِرَاهُ وَلَا حَرَجَ عَلَيْهِ))
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a guest stays with some people, but in the morning he finds himself deprived of his right, then it will be permissible for him to take from them according to the measure of his hospitality; there will be no blame upon him in this.
Hadith 9100
عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قُلْنَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنَا فَنَنْزِلُ بِقَوْمٍ لَا يَقْرُونَنَا فَمَا تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ((إِذَا نَزَلْتُمْ بِقَوْمٍ فَأَمَرُوا لَكُمْ بِمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلضَّيْفِ فَاقْبَلُوا وَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَخُذُوا مِنْهُمْ حَقَّ الضَّيْفِ الَّذِي يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We said: O Messenger of Allah! You send us to some regions, and when we come to some people who do not offer us hospitality, what do you say about this? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you come to some people and they order for you something suitable for a guest, then accept that thing, and if they do not do so, then take from them the right of the guest which it was incumbent upon them to fulfill.
