Bismihi Ta’ala
Ahaadeeth and Sunnats of Traveling
Inviting people to a meal
upon returning from a journey
78.) Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) used
to slaughter a camel or cow upon returning to Madina Tayyibah.
[Hazrat Jaabir Ibn Abdullah (RA) - Sahih Bukhari]
- Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Umar (RA)
also used to abstain from fasting after returning from a journey, so that he
could have meals with those who came to visit him.
[Sahih Bukhari]
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It is Sunnah to invite family
members and associates to a meal after returning from a long period of absence
such as Hajj, etc. This should not be done for the sake of name and fame. In
actual fact, the invitation is given to express the happiness and joy of
returning safely to one’s family.
- This invitation, in the
terminology of the Jurists, is called Naqi`ah.
- Allamah Tibi (Rahmatullah ‘alayh) has written that a person
should invite people to a meal according to his capacity, upon returning from a
journey.
- Mullah Ali Qaari (Rahmatullah ‘alayh) has also written that it is
a Sunnah to do so.
- Hafez Ibn Hajar (Rahmatullah ‘alayh) has written that the pious
predecessors have regarded the above action to be mustahab.
Extracted from Ash-Shamaa`il al Kubra
[The Sublime Conduct of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi
waSallam) Volume 3]
