Sahih al-Bukhari 5434

Hadith text

Narrated Abu Mas`ud Al-Ansari:There was a man called Abu Shu'aib, and he had a slave who was a butcher. He said (to his slave), "Prepare a meal to which I may invite Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with four other men." So he invited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and four other men, but another man followed them whereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You have invited me as one of five guests, but now another man has followed us. If you wish you can admit him, and if you wish you can refuse him." On that the host said, "But I admit him." Narrated Muhammad bin Isma`il: If guests are sitting at a dining table, they do not have the right to carry food from other tables to theirs, but they can pass on food from their own table to each other; otherwise they should leave it

Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari bataate hain: Ek shaks tha jinka naam Abu Shu'aib tha, aur unke paas ek ghulaam tha jo qassab (kasai) tha. Unhone (apne ghulaam se) kaha, 'Aisa khaana taiyaar karo jismein main Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ko chaar aur logon ke saath bula sakoon.' To unhone Allah ke Rasool (SAW) aur chaar aur logon ko bulaaya, magar ek aur shaks unke peechhe chal pada, isper Nabi (SAW) ne farmaya, 'Aapne mujhe paanch mehmaanon mein se ek ke taur par bulaaya hai, magar ab ek aur shaks humaare peechhe aa gaya hai. Agar chaahein to unhein bhi andar aane dein, aur agar chaahein to unhein mana kar dein.' Isper mezban ne kaha, 'Nahi, main unhein bhi andar aane deta hoon.' Ravi Muhammad bin Ismail kehte hain: Agar mehmaan ek dastarkhwaan par baithe hon, to unhein doosre dastarkhwaan se khaana apni taraf laane ka haq nahi, magar wo apne hi dastarkhwaan se ek doosre ko khaana de sakte hain; warna unhein chhod dena chaahiye.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5434 · Book 70, Hadith 62