No. 4286

Abd Shuraib al-Adawi reported: My eare listened and my eye saw when Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) spoke and said: He who believes In Allaah and the eireafter should show respect to the guest even with utmost kindness and courtesy. They said: Messenger of Allaah, what is this utmost kindness and courtesy? He replied: It is for a day and a night. Hospitality extends for three days, and what is beyond that is a Sadaqa for him; and he who believes in Allaah and the Hereafter should say something good or keep quiet.

No. 4287

Abu Shuriah al-Khuza'i reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: (The period of the entertainment of a guest is three days, and utmost kindness and courtesy is for a day and a night. =" It is not permissible for a Muslim to stay with, his brother until he makes him sinful. They said: Messenger of Allaah, how he would make him sinful? He (the Prophet) said: He stays with him (so long) that nothing is left with him to entertain him.

No. 4288

Sa'id al-Maqburi reported: I heard Abu Shuraih al-Khuzill saying: My ears heard and my eyes saw and my mind retained it, when Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) spok this, and he then narrated the hadith and made mention of this:" It is not permissible for any one of you to stay with his brother until he makes him sinful."

No. 4289

'Uqba b. Amir reported: We said to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam): You send us out and we come to the people who do not give us hospitality, so what is your opinion? Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: If you come to the people who order for you what is befitting a guest, accept it; but if they do not. take from them what befits them to give to a guest.