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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Who is obligated to provide hospitality and the traveler’s right to ask for it

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned this phrase, and the traveler’s asking for hospitality from the one upon whom it is obligatory. So who is the one upon whom hospitality is obligatory? It is

Answer:
If he does not provide hospitality, it is a right that he has, which he asks him for, and he is not to be blamed. This is of the blameworthy asking, that he is asking for a right that he has. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions
Source شرح قاعدة جليلة في التوسل والوسيلة، بداية من قوله : وفي المسند لأحمد أن أبا بكر الصديق كان يسقط السوط من يده فلا يقول لأحد : ناولني إياه — islamhouse.com (1:20:53)

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