And from a man among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: (If two invitations coincide, respond to the one whose door is closest
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The Shaykh :"And from a man among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Bulugh al-Maram 8:96 Abu Dawud narrated it, and its chain is weak":
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 8:96:
Meaning, if two men invite you with a single invitation, respond to the one whose door is closest, because the one whose door is closest is the one who is closest in neighborliness.
Bulugh al-Maram 8:96: Because he has more right, but how can it be imagined that two invitations coincide without one preceding the other? How can it be imagined?
The student: That two inviters come to him at the same time.
The Shaykh : Hmm, how can it be imagined?
The student: That two letters come to me at the same time.
The Shaykh : Okay, two letters came to me, and I read one before the other.
The student: Perhaps the mailman delivers them at the same time.
The Shaykh : Yes, Abd al-Rahman?
The student: It is possible that one says to his neighbor, "Invite so-and-so for me," and the other says to him, "I am inviting you, and my neighbor is inviting you."
The Shaykh : And how is this?
The student: The man who said one word.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: Meaning, Zayd and 'Amr are neighbors of Bakr.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The student: So Zayd appoints 'Amr as his agent and says to him, "Invite Bakr."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: So he says to him, "I am inviting you, and my neighbor is inviting you," meaning each of them has an invitation.
The Shaykh : Meaning, as an agent and the principal. Ah, okay, this is a scenario that does not contradict.
The student: Perhaps if they were neighbors sitting with the man at his meal.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The student: So they said to him, "We are inviting you to our place," and they both agreed in their speech.
The Shaykh : With one tongue.
The student: With one tongue, yes.
The Shaykh : This is a scenario, but this is rare in occurrence.
The student: O Shaykh, if one of the workers comes, and two men appoint him as their agent for the invitation.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Meaning, they hired a man and said, "Tell so-and-so," and another hired him and said, "Tell so-and-so to come to me," and this invited man, when he comes and says, "So-and-so and so-and-so are inviting you."
The Shaykh : This inviter is one person, there is no problem with this.
The student: Meaning, no, they said, "Musa and I hired a man, and we want a feast."
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student: And this man said, "Musa and Hidayat Allah are inviting you."
The Shaykh : Correct, he says: The two inviters appointed one man as their agent, and the two inviters appointed one man, so they said, "Invite so-and-so for us," and this man, the agent for the two men, went and said to the invited person, "So-and-so and so-and-so are inviting you."
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do you say about this scenario?
The student: Perhaps the one mentioned first.
The Shaykh : No, no, the conjunction "and" does not imply order.
The student: This is looked at by who said it to him first?
The Shaykh : No, they are two agents, this agent is a representative of the principal.
The student: Okay, which of the two men appointed first?
The Shaykh : It is all one thing, the point is that it reached me that it was one time. In any case, it may appear to a person that imagining the issue is difficult, it may appear to a person how two invitations coincide, that imagining it is difficult, but it has scenarios, meaning it is not of great difficulty.
In any case, if one of them precedes, the one whose door is closest is responded to, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the reason for that in another hadithSunan Abi Dawud 3756Da'if (Al-Albani) For example, my neighbor who has only a wall between us has his door far away, on the side of the house that is far from me, and the other man has a house between us but his door is closer. Did you imagine this or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Whom do we respond to? Did you imagine it? Whom do we respond to?
The student: The first.
Another student: The second one.
The Shaykh : The second. Okay, if we look at his saying: we say this is closer by door, and if we look at his saying Sunan Abi Dawud 3756Da'if (Al-Albani) hmm, we say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) considered the closeness of neighborliness, and the common case is that the door is in the house, so if the house is closer, the door becomes closer, meaning the common case is that the door may not be at the extreme end of the house. This issue needs clarification:
If one of them is closer in neighborliness and farther by door, do we consider the closeness of neighborliness even if his door is far, or do we consider the closeness of the door?
It is looked into.
When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer to you. However, if one of them comes before the other, accept the invitation of the first.
إذا اجتمع داعيان فأجب أقربهما باباً ، فإن سبق أحدهما فأجب الذي سبقThe Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer to you.
إذا اجتمع داعيان فأجب أقربهما باباMeaning, if two men invite you with a single invitation, respond to the one whose door is closest, because the one whose door is closest is the one who is closest in neighborliness.
However, if one of them comes before the other, accept the invitation of the first.
فإن سبق أحدهما فأجب الذي سبقThe student: That two inviters come to him at the same time.
The Shaykh : Hmm, how can it be imagined?
The student: That two letters come to me at the same time.
The Shaykh : Okay, two letters came to me, and I read one before the other.
The student: Perhaps the mailman delivers them at the same time.
The Shaykh : Yes, Abd al-Rahman?
The student: It is possible that one says to his neighbor, "Invite so-and-so for me," and the other says to him, "I am inviting you, and my neighbor is inviting you."
The Shaykh : And how is this?
The student: The man who said one word.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: Meaning, Zayd and 'Amr are neighbors of Bakr.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The student: So Zayd appoints 'Amr as his agent and says to him, "Invite Bakr."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: So he says to him, "I am inviting you, and my neighbor is inviting you," meaning each of them has an invitation.
The Shaykh : Meaning, as an agent and the principal. Ah, okay, this is a scenario that does not contradict.
The student: Perhaps if they were neighbors sitting with the man at his meal.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The student: So they said to him, "We are inviting you to our place," and they both agreed in their speech.
The Shaykh : With one tongue.
The student: With one tongue, yes.
The Shaykh : This is a scenario, but this is rare in occurrence.
The student: O Shaykh, if one of the workers comes, and two men appoint him as their agent for the invitation.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Meaning, they hired a man and said, "Tell so-and-so," and another hired him and said, "Tell so-and-so to come to me," and this invited man, when he comes and says, "So-and-so and so-and-so are inviting you."
The Shaykh : This inviter is one person, there is no problem with this.
The student: Meaning, no, they said, "Musa and I hired a man, and we want a feast."
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student: And this man said, "Musa and Hidayat Allah are inviting you."
The Shaykh : Correct, he says: The two inviters appointed one man as their agent, and the two inviters appointed one man, so they said, "Invite so-and-so for us," and this man, the agent for the two men, went and said to the invited person, "So-and-so and so-and-so are inviting you."
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do you say about this scenario?
The student: Perhaps the one mentioned first.
The Shaykh : No, no, the conjunction "and" does not imply order.
The student: This is looked at by who said it to him first?
The Shaykh : No, they are two agents, this agent is a representative of the principal.
The student: Okay, which of the two men appointed first?
The Shaykh : It is all one thing, the point is that it reached me that it was one time. In any case, it may appear to a person that imagining the issue is difficult, it may appear to a person how two invitations coincide, that imagining it is difficult, but it has scenarios, meaning it is not of great difficulty.
In any case, if one of them precedes, the one whose door is closest is responded to, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the reason for that in another hadith
whose door is nearer in neighbourhood
فإن أقربهما بابا أقربهما جواراThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Whom do we respond to? Did you imagine it? Whom do we respond to?
The student: The first.
Another student: The second one.
The Shaykh : The second. Okay, if we look at his saying:
The one whose door is closest
أقربهما باباwhose door is nearer in neighbourhood
فإن أقربهما بابا أقربهما جواراIf one of them is closer in neighborliness and farther by door, do we consider the closeness of neighborliness even if his door is far, or do we consider the closeness of the door?
It is looked into.