صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب النكاحThe Book of Marriage
باب الأَمْرِ بِإِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي إِلَى دَعْوَةٍ:Chapter: The command to accept invitations
Hadith 1432
حدثنا حدثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ : أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ : " بِئْسَ الطَّعَامُ : طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى إِلَيْهِ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ ، وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ ، فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ " ،
Abu Hurairah (RA) used to say: The worst kind of food is the wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are ignored. He who does not come to the feast, he in fact disobeys Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) .
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وحدثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ، حدثنا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِلزُّهْرِيِّ : يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، كَيْفَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ ، فَضَحِكَ فقَالَ : لَيْسَ هُوَ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : وَكَانَ أَبِي غَنِيًّا ، فَأَفْزَعَنِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حِينَ سَمِعْتُ بِهِ ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ الزُّهْرِيَّ ، فقَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجُ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ : طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ ،
Sufyan reported: I said to Zuhri: Abu Bakr, what does this hadith mean: "The worst kind of food is at a wedding feast of the rich"? He laughed and said: The food served in the feast given by the rich is not worst (in itself). Sufyan said: My father was rich, so I felt disturbed when I heard this hadith, so I asked Zuhri who said: I heard from 'Abdul Rahman al-Alraj that he heard Abu Hurairah (RA) say: The worst kind of food is that served at the wedding feast. The rest of the hadith is the same.
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وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، وعَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ : طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ ، نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ ،
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) through another chain of transmitters.
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وحدثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ، حدثنا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ .
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) through another chain of transmitters.
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وحدثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ، حدثنا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ زِيَادَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتًا الْأَعْرَجَ ، يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم ، قَالَ : " شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ : طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ ، يُمْنَعُهَا مَنْ يَأْتِيهَا ، وَيُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا مَنْ يَأْبَاهَا ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوَةَ ، فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying. The worst kind of food is at the wedding feast from which one who comes is turned away, and he who refuses it is invited, and he who did not accept the invitation disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) .
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: Whether it is the wedding feast (walimah) or a general invitation, to make it exclusive for the wealthy or to give preference to them for the best and finest foods, while neglecting the poor and needy—as is happening nowadays in accordance with the prophecy of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)—is contrary to the purpose of the wedding feast (walimah). The poor and needy have a right in such invitations.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 3521
