سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابُ : مَنْ دُعِيَ إِلَى طَعَامٍ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌChapter: One who is invited to eat when he is fasting
Hadith 1751
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ دُعِيَ إِلَى طَعَامٍ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ " .
´It was narrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “Whoever is invited to eat when he is fasting, let him accept the invitation; and if he wants to let him eat, and if he wants let him not eat.”
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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
