67. Nikāḥ (Wedlock / Marriage)

٦٧۔ كتاب النكاح

67.72 To accept the invitation to a Walima

٦٧۔٧٢ باب حَقِّ إِجَابَةِ الْوَلِيمَةِ وَالدَّعْوَةِ

[Machine] And whoever delays seven days or so forth, and the Prophet ﷺ did not appoint a specific day or two.

وَمَنْ أَوْلَمَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَنَحْوَهُ. وَلَمْ يُوَقِّتِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَلاَ يَوْمَيْنِ.

bukhari:5173ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If anyone of you is invited to a wedding banquet, he must go for it (accept the invitation)."  

البخاري:٥١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ فَلْيَأْتِهَا۔»  

bukhari:5174Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Mūsá

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Set the captives free, accept the invitation (to a wedding banquet), and visit the patients."  

البخاري:٥١٧٤حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ وَأَجِيبُوا الدَّاعِيَ وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ  

bukhari:5175al-Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > al-Ashʿath > Muʿāwiyah b. Sūwayd > al-Barāʾ

The Prophet ﷺ ordered us to do seven (things) and forbade us from seven. He ordered us to visit the patients, to follow the funeral procession, to reply to the sneezer (i.e., say to him, 'Yarhamuka-l-lah (May Allah bestow His Mercy upon you), if he says 'Al-hamduli l-lah' (Praise be to Allah), to help others to fulfill their oaths, to help the oppressed, to greet (whomever one should meet), and to accept the invitation (to a wedding banquet). He forbade us to wear golden rings, to use silver utensils, to use Maiyathir (cushions of silk stuffed with cotton and placed under the rider on the saddle), the Qasiyya (linen clothes containing silk brought from an Egyptian town), the Istibraq (thick silk) and the Dibaj (another kind of silk). (See Hadith No. 539 and 753).  

البخاري:٥١٧٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ

الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ ؓ أَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِسَبْعٍ وَنَهَانَا عَنْ سَبْعٍ أَمَرَنَا بِعِيَادَةِ الْمَرِيضِ وَاتِّبَاعِ الْجِنَازَةِ وَتَشْمِيتِ الْعَاطِسِ وَإِبْرَارِ الْقَسَمِ وَنَصْرِ الْمَظْلُومِ وَإِفْشَاءِ السَّلاَمِ وَإِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي وَنَهَانَا عَنْ خَوَاتِيمِ الذَّهَبِ وَعَنْ آنِيَةِ الْفِضَّةِ وَعَنِ الْمَيَاثِرِ وَالْقَسِّيَّةِ وَالإِسْتَبْرَقِ وَالدِّيبَاجِ  

تَابَعَهُ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَالشَّيْبَانِيُّ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ فِي إِفْشَاءِ السَّلاَمِ
bukhari:5176Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

Abu Usaid As-Sa'di invited Messenger of Allah ﷺ to his wedding party and his wife who was the bride, served them on that day. Do you know what drink she gave Messenger of Allah ﷺ? She had soaked some dates for him (in water) overnight, and when he had finished his meal she gave him that drink (of soaked dates).  

البخاري:٥١٧٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

دَعَا أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي عُرْسِهِ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَادِمَهُمْ وَهْىَ الْعَرُوسُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ تَدْرُونَ مَا سَقَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْقَعَتْ لَهُ تَمَرَاتٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلَمَّا أَكَلَ سَقَتْهُ إِيَّاهُ