Providing generous hospitality for up to three days
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Etiquette of Visiting & Hospitality
Providing generous hospitality for up to three days
The same hadith continues: "...His special hospitality is one day and a night, and hospitality is [to be extended] for three days, and what is beyond that is charity."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA)
Explanation
This defines a clear standard of hospitality expected of a host, beyond which further generosity becomes voluntary charity.