Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 5667
✧ Covering the vessel and tying the waterskin
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، ثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ السُّكَّرِيِّ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " الْمُتَبَارِيَانِ لَا يُجَابَانِ وَلَا يُؤْكَلُ طَعَامُهُمَا " قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ: " يَعْنِي الْمُتَعَارِضَيْنِ بِالضِّيَافَةِ فَخْرًا أَوْ رِيَاءً "
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machine translationʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān informed us, (he said:) Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd informed us, (he said:) Saʿīd b. ʿUthmān narrated to us, (he said:) Muʿallā b. Asad al-Marwazī narrated to us, (he said:) ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan narrated to us, from Abū Ḥamzah al-Sukkarī, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah.
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He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Two who compete with one another in hospitality are not to be answered, and their food is not to be eaten." Imam Aḥmad said: "He means two who vie with each other in hospitality, out of boasting or showing off."
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- Misykatul Mashabih 3226عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْمُتَبَارِيَانِ لَا يُجَابَانِ وَلَا يُؤْكَلُ طَعَامُهُمَا». قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ: يَعْنِي المتعارضين بالضيافة فخراً ورياء
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Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
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