The people of dhimmah and lodging with them

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made it obligatory on the people of Iraq to host the traveller for three days.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stipulated upon the people of Iraq hospitality of one day and night. One of them would say: "A night, a night."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stipulated hospitality of one day and one night, and that they repair the bridges, and that if a man from among the Muslims is killed in their land, the blood money is due from them.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stipulated upon the dhimmis hospitality of one day and night; if rain holds them back or illness befalls them, then two days; and if they stay longer than that, it is to be spent on them from their own wealth. And they are not to be burdened except with what they can bear.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hospitality is three days; what comes after that is charity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Shurayh al-Khuza'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest for one day and one night. It is not permissible for a guest to stay with his host so long that he puts him in difficulty. Hospitality is three days, and whatever is spent after three days is charity."

Sa'id bin Wahb narrates from a man of the Ansar that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to exact from the dhimmis hospitality of one day and night.

Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to the people of Dayr: "It is obligatory upon you to honour the guest for three days, and our responsibility is clear of the oppression of the army." By the oppression of the army is meant using the crops of the dhimmis without permission.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Hospitality is three days; after that it is charity."

It is narrated from Nafi' that some people hosted Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). When three days had passed, he said: "O Nafi', spend on us; we have no need to have charity given to us."

Abd al-Wahid bin Ayman said: Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ali used to come to stay with us. When we had hosted him generously for three days, he would refuse after that to accept anything from us.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A traveller is entitled to three days from the one he passes by. When it goes beyond three days, it is charity, and every good deed is charity."

Abu Mijlaz said: "The right of the guest is three days; whatever goes beyond that is charity."

Sayyiduna Jundab al-Bajali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We used to take from their food without sharing their houses with them, and we would seize a non-Arab disbeliever and he would guide us from one village to another."

Abu Zabyan said: We were with Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) on a campaign, either the battle of Jalula or the battle of Nahawand. A man passed by us who had picked some fruit, and he began to distribute it among his companions. Sayyiduna Salman passed by and rebuked him. The man answered Sayyiduna Salman harshly, not recognising him. He was told: "This is Sayyiduna Salman." So he went to Sayyiduna Salman to apologise. Then the man asked him: "O Abu Abdullah, what is lawful for the dhimmis?" Sayyiduna Salman said: "Three things: from your going astray until you are guided, and from your poverty until you are free of need; and when one of them accompanies you, you may eat from his food and he from yours, and you may ride his mount, but do not turn him away from the direction he wishes to go."