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ahmad:7624 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyib And al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The worst kind of food is the food served at a banquet, which is only offered to the rich and not to the poor, and this is unjust. Whoever neglects it has indeed disobeyed [God] and is considered arrogant. Perhaps he said: 'Whoever does not respond to the invitation has indeed disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.'  

أحمد:٧٦٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَالْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى الْغَنِيُّ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمِسْكِينُ وَهِيَ حَقٌّ وَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا فَقَدْ عَصَى وَكَانَ مَعْمَرٌ رُبَّمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5177 – ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The worst food is that of a wedding banquet to which only the rich are invited while the poor are not invited. And he who refuses an invitation (to a banquet) disobeys Allah and His Apostle .  

البخاري:٥١٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْفُقَرَاءُ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ﷺ  

abudawud:3742 – al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle (may peace upon him).  

أبو داود:٣٧٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

ibnmajah:1913 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

“The worst of food is food of a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are not. Whoever does not accept an invitation has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٩١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْفُقَرَاءُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

malik:28-54 – Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibr. Shihab from al-Araj that Abu Hurayra said, "The worst food is the food of a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are left out. If anyone rejects an invitation, he has rebelled against Allah and His Messenger."  

مالك:٢٨-٥٤ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

ahmad:9261 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyibiʿan Abū Hurayrah

The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle (may peace upon him). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3742)   

أحمد:٩٢٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُدْفَعُ عَنْهَا الْفُقَرَاءُ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

ahmad:7279 – Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah > Sufyān Saʾaltuh > ʿAnh Kayf al-Ṭaʿām Ṭaʿām al-Aghniyāʾ > al-Aʿraj

The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle (may peace upon him). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3742)   

أحمد:٧٢٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنَا عَنْهُ كَيْفَ الطَّعَامُ طَعَامَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ؟ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْأَعْرَجُ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى إِلَيْه الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

darimi:2110 – Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle (may peace upon him). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3742)   

الدارمي:٢١١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ «شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى إِلَيْهِ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِإِجَابَةِ الدَّعْوَةِ إِذَا دُعِيَ الْمَرْءُ إِلَيْهَا أَمْرُ حَتْمٍ لَا نَدْبٍ

ibnhibban:5304 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle (may peace upon him). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3742)   

ابن حبّان:٥٣٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:5305 – Ḥājib b. Arrakīn Bidimashq > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭufāwī > Ayyūb > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

“The worst of food is food of a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are not. Whoever does not accept an invitation has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1913)  

ابن حبّان:٥٣٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَرَّكِينٍ بِدِمَشْقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْفُقَرَاءُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:6578 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone does not attend the feast to which he was invited, he has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle (may peace upon him). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3742)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ

سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ «شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ؛ يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ»  

bayhaqi:14523 – Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyib > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah > Shar

[Machine] "The worst food is the food of a feast that is invited for the rich and ignored for the poor. It is a right for those who abandon it; indeed, they have disobeyed Allah and His messenger. And it was Ma'mar who said: 'Whoever does not answer, has indeed disobeyed Allah and His messenger.'"  

البيهقي:١٤٥٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى الْغَنِيُّ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمِسْكِينُ وَهِيَ حَقٌّ مَنْ تَرَكَهَا فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَكَانَ مَعْمَرٌ رُبَّمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ مَوْقُوفًا عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ
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السيوطي:١٥٠٢١a –

"شَرُّ الطَّعامِ طَعامُ الْولِيمةِ؛ يُدْعى إِلَيْهَا الأَغْنِياءُ ويمْنَعُهَا الْمساكِينُ، ومنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى الله ورسوُلَهُ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أَبى هريرة
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السيوطي:١٥٠٢٢a –

"شَرُّ الطَّعامِ طَعامُ الْولِيمةِ يُدْعى الْغَنىُّ ويُتْركُ الْمِسْكِينُ، وهِى حقٌّ ومنْ تَركَهَا فَقَدْ عَصَى الله ورسُولَهُ".  

[د] أبو داود عن أَبى هريرة