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then he should not present it. A person entered upon an ascetic while he was
eating, so he said: “If I did not borrow the price of it I would have fed it to you.”

Al-Fadil used to say: “The people should boycott those who pose only for show,
any of them invites his brother then he poses, so you should boycott him and
never go back to him.”

And of the burdens is that person presents all that he has, so he has been unfair
to his children and hurt their hearts.

Salman said: “The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, has
commanded us that we should not pose to our guests with what we do not have,
and we should present to him what we have.”

The second manner: is for the visitor, he should not suggest or insist on a
particular things as this may cause difficulty to his host. If his brother gave him
the choice between two kinds of food, then let him choose the least one. This is
the Sunnah. It was narrated that whenever The Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, was given the choice between two things he chose the least.