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Sunan Abi Dawud 3753 (Book 28, Hadith 18) #24043
Eating in the House of Another Person

SUMMARY: This hadith explains that it is permissible to eat food in the house of another person, and that it is permissible to eat food on which Allah's name has been mentioned.

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: When the verse: "O ye who believe! eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities, but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual good will" was revealed, a man thought it a sin to eat in the house of another man after the revelation of this verse. Then this (injunction) was revealed by the verse in Surat an-Nur: "No blame on you whether you eat in company or separately". When a rich man (after revelation) invited a man from his people to eat food in his house, he would say: I consider it a sin to eat from it, and he said: a poor man is more entitled to it than I. The Arabic word tajannah means sin or fault. It was then declared lawful to eat something on which the name of Allah was mentioned, and it was made lawful to eat the flesh of an animal slaughtered by the people of the Book.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ ‏{‏ لاَ تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ تِجَارَةً عَنْ تَرَاضٍ مِنْكُمْ ‏}‏ فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُحْرَجُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ مَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فَنَسَخَ ذَلِكَ الآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي النُّورِ قَالَ ‏{‏ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ ‏}‏ ‏{‏ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏{‏ أَشْتَاتًا ‏}‏ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الْغَنِيُّ يَدْعُو الرَّجُلَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ قَالَ إِنِّي لأَجَّنَّحُ أَنْ آكُلَ مِنْهُ ‏.‏ وَالتَّجَنُّحُ الْحَرَجُ وَيَقُولُ الْمِسْكِينُ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنِّي ‏.‏ فَأُحِلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَأُحِلَّ طَعَامُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ
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eating  *  permissible  *  food  *  house  *  yadayhi  *  laanah  *  fardan  *  ghanimun  *  faqirun  *  tajannah

QUICK LESSONS:
Eat food in company or separately if invited by another person . Eat food on which Allah's name has been mentioned . Show respect towards other religions . Be humble . Have mutual understanding and good will with others .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains that it is permissible for Muslims to eat food in the house of another person. It was revealed by Allah through a verse in Surat an-Nur, which states "No blame on you whether you eat in company or separately". The Arabic word tajannah means sin or fault, and this verse made it clear that there was no sin involved with eating from someone else's house. Additionally, this hadith also states that it is permissible to eat food on which Allah's name has been mentioned, as well as the flesh of an animal slaughtered by people of other faiths. This shows us how important mutual respect and understanding between different religions can be. Furthermore, this hadith also teaches us about humility; when a rich man invited someone from his people to his house for dinner, he would say "I consider it a sin to eat from it" because he felt like a poor man deserved more than him.

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