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

ibnhibban:5304Muḥammad 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:٥٣٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5177ʿAbdullāh 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:٥١٧٧حَدَّثَنَا 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  

muslim:1432aYaḥyá 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:١٤٣٢aحَدَّثَنَا 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  

muslim:1432dIbn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān > Ziyād b. Saʿd > Thābit al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Haraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying. The worst kind of food is at the wedding feast from which one who comes is turned away, and he who refuses it is invited, and he who did not accept the invitation disobeyed Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.  

مسلم:١٤٣٢dوَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زِيَادَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتًا الأَعْرَجَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُمْنَعُهَا مَنْ يَأْتِيهَا وَيُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا مَنْ يَأْبَاهَا وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

abudawud:3742al-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:٣٧٤٢حَدَّثَنَا 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:1913ʿAlī 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:١٩١٣حَدَّثَنَا 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:28-54Mālik > 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:٢٨-٥٤وَحَدَّثَنِي 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:9261ʿAffān > 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:٩٢٦١حَدَّثَنَا 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:7624ʿAbd 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:٧٦٢٤حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:7279Sufyān > 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:٧٢٧٩حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:5263Wakīʿ > al-ʿUmarī > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever plays backgammon has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3762)   

أحمد:٥٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

ahmad:10412Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭufāwī > Ayyūbuʿan al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The worst of food is the wedding feast that is given to the rich and denied to the poor. And whoever does not respond has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.  

أحمد:١٠٤١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُعَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْعُرْسِ يُطْعَمُهُ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُمْنَعُهُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ  

darimi:2110Abū 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:٢١١٠أَخْبَرَنَا 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 خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:5305Ḥājib 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:٥٣٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا 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:6578Qutaybah 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:٦٥٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

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السيوطي:١٢٢٠٩a

"بِئسَ الطَّعَامُ طعامُ الوليمةِ، يُدْعَى إِليها الأغنياءُ، وَيُمْنعُ الفقراءُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَه".  

[ط] الطيالسي [م] مسلم [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ق] البيهقى في السنن [هـ] ابن ماجة في النكاح، [د] أبو داود في الأطعمة، [ن] النسائي في الوليمة، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية عن أبي هريرة
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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
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السيوطي:١٥٠٢٣a

"شَرُّ الطَّعامِ طَعَامُ الْولِيمةِ؛ يُمْنَعُهَا من يأْتِيها، ويُدْعى إِلَيْهَا مَنْ يأباها، ومَنْ لَا يُجب الدَّعْوةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى الله وَرَسُولَهُ".  

[م] مسلم عن أَبى هريرة