What does Islam say about hospitality?
The Prophet ﷺ said a host owes three days of proper hospitality; anything beyond that is ṣadaqah. The scholars wrote whole chapters on what "proper" meant — and why the Muslim home is not really the Muslim's own.
1 passages from 1 book in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 1 book by Ibn Battuta — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
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"The Sultan ordered Hood to be hosted honorably at every stop on his return journey to Multan, arranging for local officials to welcome him and host a feast in his honor."
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