Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 3752

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنَا فَنَنْزِلُ بِقَوْمٍ فَمَا يَقْرُونَنَا فَمَا تَرَى فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ إِنْ نَزَلْتُمْ بِقَوْمٍ فَأَمَرُوا لَكُمْ بِمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلضَّيْفِ فَاقْبَلُوا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَخُذُوا مِنْهُمْ حَقَّ الضَّيْفِ الَّذِي يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهَذِهِ حُجَّةٌ لِلرَّجُلِ يَأْخُذُ الشَّىْءَ إِذَا كَانَ لَهُ حَقًّا ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah ibn Saʿid narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Abu al-Khayr, from ʿUqbah ibn ʿAmir, who said: We said, “Messenger of Allah, you send us out, and we stay with people who do not provide us hospitality. What do you think?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: “If you stay with people and they provide you with what is proper for a guest, accept it. If they do not, take from them the guest due that they ought to provide.” Abu Dawud said: This is evidence that a man may take something when it is rightfully due to him.