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Ali, - may Allah be pleased with him - said: “For myself to gather my brethren for
a meal is more preferable to me than the setting free of a slave.” Ibn Umar (may
Allah be pleased with them) used to say: “From the generosity of the person is
that he has good provisions when he journeys and presents them to his
companions.
As for the manner: On entering and on presenting food. It is not from the Sunnah
to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited at a mealtime and to sit in wait for a meal.
We have been forbidden to do this. Allah, the High, the Exalted, said: “Do not
enter the house of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, unless you have
been invited for a meal, and do linger awaiting for a meal to be cook…” This
means do not arrive and wait for food to be cooked. It was narrated that whoever
walks to a meal to, which he was not invited, he walks in wickedness and has
eaten unlawfully. But as for the manner of presenting food, one should not be
excessive, if one does not have anything to present and he does not have the
means, he should not borrow for that, as this will be a burden on him. And if he
has something, which he needs for his food, and he was not pleased to give it,
a meal is more preferable to me than the setting free of a slave.” Ibn Umar (may
Allah be pleased with them) used to say: “From the generosity of the person is
that he has good provisions when he journeys and presents them to his
companions.
As for the manner: On entering and on presenting food. It is not from the Sunnah
to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited at a mealtime and to sit in wait for a meal.
We have been forbidden to do this. Allah, the High, the Exalted, said: “Do not
enter the house of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, unless you have
been invited for a meal, and do linger awaiting for a meal to be cook…” This
means do not arrive and wait for food to be cooked. It was narrated that whoever
walks to a meal to, which he was not invited, he walks in wickedness and has
eaten unlawfully. But as for the manner of presenting food, one should not be
excessive, if one does not have anything to present and he does not have the
means, he should not borrow for that, as this will be a burden on him. And if he
has something, which he needs for his food, and he was not pleased to give it,