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A companion of the Prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in neighbourhood, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation of the one who comes first. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3756)   

السيوطي:٩٩٨a –

"إذا اجتمع الداعيانِ فأجب أقرَبهما إليك بابًا، فإنَّ أقربَهَما إليك بابًا أقربُهما إليك جوارًا، وإن سبق أحدهما فأجب الذى سبق" .  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود والبغوى، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن رجل له صحبة (وفى إسناده مقال)

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
abudawud:3756 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > Abū Khālid al-Dālānī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Awdī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥimyarī

A companion of the Prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in neighbourhood, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation of the one who comes first.  

أبو داود:٣٧٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالاَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلاَءِ الأَوْدِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الدَّاعِيَانِ فَأَجِبْ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا فَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا أَقْرَبُهُمَا جِوَارًا وَإِنْ سَبَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَأَجِبِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ  

ahmad:23466 – ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dālānī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Awdī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

A companion of the Prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in neighbourhood, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation of the one who comes first. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3756)  

أحمد:٢٣٤٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّالَانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ الْأَوْدِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الدَّاعِيَانِ فَأَجِبْ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا فَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا أَقْرَبُهُمَا جِوَارًا فَإِذَا سَبَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَأَجِبِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ  

bayhaqi:14603 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿUbaydullāh al-ḤarfīNā Aḥmad b. Salmān > Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ibn Nufayl [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Salmān > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Bālisī > al-Nufaylī > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dālānī [Chain 3] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dawūd > Hannād b. al-Sarrī > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > Abū Khālid al-Dālānī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Awdī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥimyarī > a man

A companion of the Prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in neighbourhood, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation of the one who comes first. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3756)   

البيهقي:١٤٦٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْحَرْفِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ نا هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ نا ابْنُ نُفَيْلٍ ح قَالَ وَأنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ نا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَالِسِيُّ نا النُّفَيْلِيُّ نا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّالَانِيُّ ح وَأنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ أنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ نا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ الْأَوْدِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الدَّاعِيَانِ فَأَجِبْ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا فَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا أَقْرَبُهُمَا جِوَارًا وَإِنْ سَبَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَأَجِبِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ