Reports on hospitality

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "There is no good in the one who does not show hospitality to guests."
Imam Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Ibn Lahi'ah, whose hadith is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When a guest stays with a people as their guest and then reaches the morning deprived, he has the right to take as much as his due hospitality, and there is no blame on him."
Imam Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to order hospitality to the guest.
Imam al-Tabarani and Imam al-Bazzar recorded it, and its chain is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The guest's right over his host is for three days; whatever is beyond that is charity. However, it is incumbent upon the guest to depart, and not to cause the people of the household to fall into sin." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
Imam Abu Dawud recorded it in abridged form.
Imam Abu Ya'la and Imam al-Bazzar also recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Layth bin Abi Sulaym, and he is a mudallis; the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna al-Tilb (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Hospitality for three days is a binding right; whatever is after that is charity."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should honour his guest." He said this three times. He (the Companion) asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what is meant by honouring the guest?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three days (of hospitality); if the guest stays after that, it is charity upon him."
Imam Ahmad recorded it at length like this, and also in abridged form with various chains; Imam Abu Ya'la and Imam al-Bazzar also recorded it. The narrators of one of Imam Ahmad's chains are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Hospitality is for three days; whatever is beyond that is charity, and every good deed is charity."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Hospitality is for three days; whatever is beyond that is charity."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hospitality is for three days; whatever is beyond that is charity."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Rishdin bin Kurayb, and he is da'if (weak).

Abu Malik al-Ashja'i narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Tariq (may Allah be pleased with him), this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Hospitality is for three days; whatever is beyond that is a kindness."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should honour his guest; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good or else remain silent; and hospitality is for three days, whatever is beyond that is charity."
Imam al-Bazzar and Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrators of Imam al-Bazzar are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should not harm his neighbour; whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should honour his guest; and whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should speak good or else remain silent."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. There is weakness in some of its narrators, though they have been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should honour his guest, and whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should speak good or else remain silent."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Thabit al-Bunani, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should honour his guest; whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should speak good or else remain silent; and whoever believes in Allah Almighty and the Last Day should honour his neighbour."
Imam al-Tabarani and Imam Ahmad recorded it, and the chains of both are hasan (good). The hadith of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and others will come later in the Book of Zuhd, in the chapter on silence.

Humayd al-Tawil reports about Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): During an illness of his, some people came to visit him, and he said: "O girl, bring something for our companions, even if it is only pieces of bread, for I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Noble character is among the deeds of Paradise.'"
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is jayyid (good).

Shihab bin Abbad narrates that he heard some members of the delegation of Abd al-Qays saying: "We came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the people were greatly delighted by us. When we reached the people, they made room for us and we sat down. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) welcomed us and supplicated for us, then he looked at us and said: 'Who is your chief and your leader?' We all pointed to Sayyiduna al-Mundhir bin A'idh (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Is this al-Ashajj (the one with the scar)?' The narrator says: That was the first day this name was given to him; the scar was from a blow to his face by a donkey's hoof. We said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah!' The narrator says: He had stayed behind the rest of the people; he hobbled their mounts and gathered their belongings, then took out his bag, took off his travelling clothes and put on good clothes. Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had stretched out his leg and was sitting reclining. When al-Ashajj came near, the people made room for him and said: 'Here, O Ashajj!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat upright, drew in his leg and said: 'Here, O Ashajj!' So he sat on the right side of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) welcomed him, treated him kindly, and asked them about their lands; he named for them the villages of their region one by one, such as al-Safa, al-Mushaqqar and other villages of Hajar. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you! You know the names of our villages better than we do.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I have passed through your lands, and room was made for me there.' The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to the Ansar and said: 'O company of the Ansar, honour your brothers, for they are like you in Islam, and they resemble you more than anyone in hair and skin. They accepted Islam willingly, without compulsion and without having suffered bloodshed, whereas other people did not accept Islam until they were fought.' The narrator says: The next morning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'How did your brothers honour you, and how was their hospitality to you?' They replied: 'They were the best of brothers. They gave us soft bedding, fed us good food, and by night and by morning they taught us the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) liked this and was pleased with it. Then he would turn to us one man at a time and entrust him to someone who would teach us, until some of us learned the Tashahhud (al-Tahiyyat), Surah al-Fatihah, one or two surahs and some Sunnahs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to us and asked: 'Do you have anything of your provisions with you?' The people were pleased at this and hurried to their mounts. Each of them came back bringing something, a heap of dates, and placed it on the leather mat in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would point with a palm stick in his hand, on which he used to lean; it was longer than one cubit and shorter than two cubits. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Do you call this al-Ta'dud?' We replied: 'Yes!' Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed to another heap and said: 'Do you call this al-Sarafan?' We replied: 'Yes!' Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed to a heap and said: 'Do you call this al-Barni?' We replied: 'Yes!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'This is the best of your dates and the most beneficial for you.'" The narrator says: When we returned from that journey, we began to plant much more of it, and our desire for it grew, until most of our date palms became Barni palms. The narrator says: Sayyiduna al-Ashajj (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, our land is heavy and its climate does not suit the constitution; unless we drink these drinks, our complexions become disturbed and our bellies swell." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not drink from gourds (dubba'), glazed jars (hantam) or hollowed stumps (naqir); one of you may drink from a waterskin whose mouth is tied." Sayyiduna al-Ashajj (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Grant us a concession for this much." He made this request pointing with both his hands. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ashajj, if I grant you permission for this much" (the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this pointing with both hands joined like this) "you will drink this much" (the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this opening his hands and spreading them out, meaning: you will drink more than that) "until, when one of you becomes intoxicated from drinking it, he will get up, go to his cousin and strike his shin with the sword." The narrator says: Among those present was a man from Banu Adal named al-Harith, whose leg had been struck in just this way during a drinking session of theirs. He had been at a gathering of poetry and recited a verse, and one of the people of that house got up and struck his leg with a sword. Al-Harith said: When I heard this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I let my garment hang down and covered the wound on my shin, though Allah Almighty had already disclosed the matter to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Imam Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Numayr bin Kharashah al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "We came as a delegation to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and reached him at al-Juhfah. The people were pleased at our arrival, and we accepted Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to go with him to Madinah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept encouraging the people to host them as guests every evening, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: 'These brothers of yours have become your guests; let each person spend according to the means Allah Almighty has given him.'" The narrator says: So one man would take one person with him, another would take two, and Sayyiduna Abdul Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) took three people with him.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Yazid al-Mustamli, and he is a fabricator of hadith.