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bayhaqi:14520 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Imlāʾ > Muḥammad b. Ḥajjāj And Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Salām [Chain 2] Abū Naṣr Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Fāmī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Marwazī Abū ʿAbdullāh And Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] He used to say that the worst food is the food of a feast where the rich are invited and the poor are left behind, and whoever does not come to the invitation has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger. And in Another narration from Abu Abdullah, the food is bad.  

البيهقي:١٤٥٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ إِمْلَاءً ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَجَّاجٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْفَامِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ وَجَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالُوا ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ بِئْسَ الطَّعَامُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى

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muslim:1432a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The worst kind of food is the wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are ignored. He who does not come to the feast, he in fact disobeys Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.  

مسلم:١٤٣٢a – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ بِئْسَ الطَّعَامُ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى إِلَيْهِ الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

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  

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: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  

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:14517 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. Muʿāwiyah > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Shaybānī Imlāʾ > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh > Bishr b. ʿUmar al-Zahrānī > Mālik b. Anas [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Salām > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Qāl Rasūl Allāh Ṣllá

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you is invited to a wedding feast, let him attend it."  

البيهقي:١٤٥١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ إِمْلَاءً ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ فَلْيَأْتِهَا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى