Is visiting for an hour or half an hour considered part of the obligatory hospitality?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If a man goes to visit for an hour or half an hour, is this considered part of the hospitality that the host is required to honor? If a man goes to visit for an hour or half an hour, is this considered part of the hospitality that the host is required to honor?
Answer:
As you heard, hospitality is for travelers in the deserts or in the villages. As for the one who goes to a friend or… to one of his relatives, that is a visit, not hospitality; that is a visit. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If a man goes to visit for an hour or half an hour, is this considered part of the hospitality that the host is required to honor? If a man goes to visit for an hour or half an hour, is this considered part of the hospitality that the host is required to honor?
Answer:
As you heard, hospitality is for travelers in the deserts or in the villages. As for the one who goes to a friend or… to one of his relatives, that is a visit, not hospitality; that is a visit. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح منظومة الآداب الشرعية [16] — alfawzan.live (1:07:54)
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