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abudawud:3740Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

when one of you is invited to a meal, he must accept. If he wishes he may eat, but if he wishes(to leave), he may leave.  

أبو داود:٣٧٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ دُعِيَ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ  


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ibnmajah:1751Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Sulamī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“Whoever is invited to eat when he is fasting, let him accept the invitation; and if he wants to let him eat, and if he wants let him not eat.”  

ابن ماجة:١٧٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ دُعِيَ إِلَى طَعَامٍ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ  

ahmad:15219ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

when one of you is invited to a meal, he must accept. If he wishes he may eat, but if he wishes(to leave), he may leave. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3740)   

أحمد:١٥٢١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ  

nasai-kubra:6575Sulaymān b. Manṣūr al-Balkhī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When any of you is invited, let him accept, if he wishes he may eat, and if he wishes he may leave."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ»