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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should not hurt his neighbor and
whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously and whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day, should speak what is good or keep silent."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 78, Hadith 163
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously.
The guest's reward is: To provide him with a superior type of food for a night and a day and a guest is
to be entertained with food for three days, and whatever is offered beyond that, is regarded as
something given in charity. And it is not lawful for a guest to stay with his host for such a long period
so as to put him in a critical position."
Narrated Malik:
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We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You send us out and it happens that we have to stay with such people as
do not entertain us. What do you think about it?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to us, "If you stay with some
people and they entertain you as they should for a guest, accept is; but if they do not do then you
should take from them the right of the guest, which they ought to give."