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Recommendation to make dua for the host

abudawud:3853Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > Yazīd Abū Khālid al-Dālānī > a man > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Abu al-Haytham b. al-Tayhan prepared some food for the Prophet ﷺ and invited the Prophet ﷺ and his companions. When they had finished, he said: “Reward your brother.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, and what is his reward?” He said: “When a man is visited in his home and his food is eaten and his beverage is drunk, and they make dua for him, that is rewarding him.”

أبو داود:٣٨٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالاَنِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَنَعَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بْنُ التَّيْهَانِ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ طَعَامًا فَدَعَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابَهُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا قَالَ: «أَثِيبُوا أَخَاكُمْ»، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا إِثَابَتُهُ؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا دُخِلَ بَيْتُهُ فَأُكِلَ طَعَامُهُ وَشُرِبَ شَرَابُهُ، فَدَعَوْا لَهُ، فَذَلِكَ إِثَابَتُهُ».

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