Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of (The Wedlock)
72- بَابُ حَقِّ إِجَابَةِ الْوَلِيمَةِ وَالدَّعْوَةِ:
(72) Chapter. It is obligatory to accept the invitation to a Walima (wedding banquet) and other invitations.
4 hadith · references 5173–5176
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Bukhari · 5173إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ فَلْيَأْتِهَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you is invited to a wedding banquet, he must go for it (accept the invitation)."4 narratorsBukhari · 5174فُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ وَأَجِيبُوا الدَّاعِيَ وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Set the captives free, accept the invitation (to a wedding banquet), and visit the patients."6 narratorsBukhari · 5175أَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَبْعٍ ، وَنَهَانَا عَنْ سَبْعٍ ، أَمَرَنَا : بِعِيَادَةِ الْمَرِيضِ ، وَاتِّبَاعِ الْجِنَازَةِ ، وَتَشْمِيتِ الْعَاطِسِ ، وَإِبْرَارِ الْقَسَمِ ، وَنَصْرِ الْمَظْThe Prophet (ﷺ) ordered us to do seven (things) and forbade us from seven. He ordered us to visit the patients, to follow the funeral procession, to reply to the sneezer (i.e., say to him, 'Yarhamuka-l-lah (May Allah bes8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 5176دَعَا أَبُو أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي عُرْسِهِ ، وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَادِمَهُمْ وَهِيَ الْعَرُوسُ ، قَالَ سَهْلٌ : تَدْرُونَ مَا سَقَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلAbu Usaid As-Sa'di invited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to his wedding party and his wife who was the bride, served them on that day. Do you know what drink she gave Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? She had soaked some dates for him (in 4 narrators