Virtues of hospitality

1.   The guest brings his sustenance with him and takes the sins of the host with him. (Kashf-ul-Khafa, vol. 2, p. 33, Hadith 1641)

2.   Whichever individual believes in Allah Almighty and the last day, he should honour the guest. One day and night is his Jaizah (i.e. he should serve him well for one day, he should prepare good food for him according to his ability), and hospitality is for three days (i.e. he should present whatever he has after one day), and after three days it is charity (Sadaqah). It is not Halal for a guest to remain with him, as this will cause him difficulty. (Bukhari, vol. 4, p. 136, Hadith 6135)

3.   In whichever house food is eaten, goodness and blessings come to that house as quick as a knife reaches the hump of a camel. (Ibn-e-Majah, vol. 4, p. 51, Hadith 3356)

Hakeem-ul-Ummah Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: meaning, the house in which visitors and guests eat food, blessings remain in that house. Otherwise, members of the house eat in every house. (he adds:) the hump of a camel has no bones; it is only fat. A knife easily cuts through the fat and reaches the bottom of it. That is why it has been likened to that, i.e. goodness and blessings reach such a house quickly. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 6, p. 67)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The throne of Bilqees

It is written on page 4 and 5 of January 2018’s edition of Faizan-e-Madinah Magazine: the woodpecker bird was once absent from the court of Sayyiduna Sulayman عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام. When he returned, he mentioned the reason for his absence that he had gone to the country known as Saba and then he narrated the situation of its people that they are sun worshippers, and their Queen Bilqees has a magnificent