[Machine] I said to Al-Zuhri, "O Abu Bakr, how did you describe the evil of food to be the food of the rich?" He laughed and said, "No, it is not the evil of food, it is the food of the rich." Sufyan said, "And my father was rich, so this hadith alarmed me when I heard it. So I asked Al-Zuhri and he said, 'Al-Araj narrated to me that I heard Abu Huraira saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The evil of food is the food of the feast that the rich are invited to, while the poor are prevented from it. And whoever does not respond to the invitation has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.' And Sufyan said, 'Perhaps he mentioned this hadith and perhaps he did not. And Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us, through Ali ibn Isa, through Ibrahim ibn Abi Talib, through Ibn Abi Umar, through Sufyan who said, 'I said to Al-Zuhri, and he mentioned it and mentioned the hadith, attributed to Abu Huraira, and he said, 'The rich are invited to it and the poor are left out.'"  

قُلْتُ لِلزُّهْرِيِّ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ حَدَّثْتَ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ؟ فَضَحِكَ وَقَالَ لَيْسَ هُوَ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَكَانَ أَبِي غَنِيًّا فَأَفْزَعَنِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حِينَ سَمِعْتُ بِهِ فَسَأَلْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَعْرَجُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُمْنَعُهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَكَانَ سُفْيَانُ رُبَّمَا رَفَعَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَرُبَّمَا لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ 14522 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلزُّهْرِيِّ فَذَكَرَهُ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ مَوْقُوفًا عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَقَالَ يُدْعَى لَهُ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْفُقَرَاءُ