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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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And it is permissible for the reverse to be the case, where the food of the walimah is the subject and the worst of food is its predicate, placed in the front.

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The Shaykh : He said: " And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The worst of food is food of a wedding feast شر الطعام طعام الوليمة
Sunan Ibn Majah 1913Sahih (Darussalam)
"
:
"Worst" is the subject, and "the food of the walimah" is its predicate, and it is permissible for the reverse to be the case, where "the food of the walimah" is the subject and "the worst of food" is its predicate, placed in the front.
From which those who come to it are prevented يمنعها من يأتيها

and he who refuses it is invited ويدعى إليها من يأباها
Sahih Muslim 1432d
And they are the rich.
"
and he who did not accept the invitation disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ). ومن لم يجب الدعوة فقد عصى الله ورسوله
Sahih Muslim 1432d
Muslim narrated it "
:
His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
The worst of food is food of a wedding feast شر الطعام طعام الوليمة
Sunan Ibn Majah 1913Sahih (Darussalam)
This is not stated in absolute terms, but it is qualified by what is mentioned after it, which is:
from which one who comes is turned away, and he who refuses it is invited يمنعها من يأتيها ويدعى إليها من يأباها
Sahih Muslim 1432d
Meaning: The walimah to which only the rich are invited and from which the poor are prevented is the worst of food.
As for the walimah in which a person proceeds according to what the Sunnah has brought, it is the best of food, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it, and the minimum status of a command is what? The minimum is that it is recommended, and what is recommended cannot be described as the worst.
So his saying:
The worst of food is food of a wedding feast شر الطعام طعام الوليمة
Sunan Ibn Majah 1913Sahih (Darussalam)
What is meant?
The walimah to which the rich are invited and the poor are left out.
Now, in this hadith there are benefits, so among its benefits:
That if the walimah is one to which the rich are invited and the poor are left out, it becomes the worst of food, but does the person sin by doing so or not?
If there is a dire necessity for the poor, then he sins, otherwise he does not sin.
And among the benefits of this hadith: The obligation of responding to the invitation to the walimah, due to his saying:
Whoever does not accept an invitation has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger. ومن لم يجب فقد عصى الله ورسوله
Sunan Ibn Majah 1913Sahih (Darussalam)
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And among its benefits: That the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is a command from Allah, due to his saying:
has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger فقد عصى الله ورسوله
Sunan Ibn Majah 3762Da'if (Darussalam)
, and we do not see in the Qur'an that Allah commanded responding to the invitation to the walimah, but rather who commanded it?
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so the command of the Messenger is from the command of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
And among the benefits of this hadith: The permissibility of coupling the name of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with Allah in legal rulings, due to his saying:
has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger فقد عصى الله ورسوله
Sunan Ibn Majah 3762Da'if (Darussalam)
And there are many examples of this, unlike the cosmic matters related to lordship, where it is not permissible to couple the name of the Messenger with the name of Allah with a letter indicating shared participation, and for this reason, when a man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whatever Allah wills and you will.' He said, 'You have put an equal with Allah ما شاء الله وشئت قال: أجعلتني لله ندا
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 783
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As for the legal command, there is much of it in the Qur'an:
obey Allah and obey the Messenger أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول
[An-Nisa 4:59]
,
And obey Allah and the Messenger وأطيعوا الله والرسول
[Ali 'Imran 3:132]
,
And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger ومن يعص الله ورسوله
[An-Nisa 4:14]
and the like.
Source alathar.net

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