صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب النكاحThe Book of Marriage
باب الأَمْرِ بِإِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي إِلَى دَعْوَةٍ:Chapter: The command to accept invitations
وحدثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حدثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ . ح وحدثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ، حدثنا أَبِي ، قَالَا : حدثنا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى طَعَامٍ فَلْيُجِبْ ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ " وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى : إِلَى طَعَامٍ ،
Jabir (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) said: When any one of you is invited to a feast, he should accept it. He may eat if he likes, or he may abandon (eating) if he likes. Ibn Mathanna did not make mention of the word "feast".
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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.
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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.
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
