Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3742
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ .
Translation
Al-Qaʿnabi narrated to us, from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayrah, who used to say: “The worst food is the food of a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are left out. Whoever does not come to the invitation has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.”