موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Ibn al-Qasim)
Discussion on Walima (Wedding Feast)
Condemnation of Inviting Only the Rich to Walimah
Hadith 365
83- وبه: عن أبى هريرة أنه كان يقول: شر الطعام طعام الوليمة يدعى لها الأغنياء ويترك المساكين. ومن لم يأت الدعوة فقد عصى الله ورسوله.
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say that the worst food is the food of a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are left out, and whoever does not accept the invitation (without a valid Shari' excuse) has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.
