Hadith 8910

Chapter 1

باب 1

(1) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي إِجَابَةِ الدَّعْوَةِ

(1) Chapter: What has been reported about accepting invitations (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ دُعِيَ فَلْيُجِبْ فَإِنْ شَاءَ طَعِمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ " .

Jabir reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as sayings:
when one of you is invited to a meal, he must accept. If he wishes he may eat, but if he wishes(to leave), he may leave. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sunan Abi Dawud 3740 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 28, Hadith 5 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 27, Hadith 3731 (ES)