سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه ! Look at what a beautiful point this is. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم linked hospitality with faith. This shows that honouring a guest and serving them well is a basic demand of faith. A Muslim who believes in Allah and the Last Day must have this quality.

Encouragement to Prepare Three Beds

Dear Islamic brothers! To what extent we are taught the lesson of hospitality can be understood from this blessed Hadith! The Merciful Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: (A man should prepare three beds!) (1): One for himself (2): One for his wife (3): and a third for the guest.^[1]

Look! In this narration, we are being taught that a Muslim should always be ready for the arrival and comfort of a guest. Even when you get beds for your home, do not just prepare them according to the number of family members! Rather, prepare for a guest in advance. Have some extra bedding so that if a guest arrives, they can be hosted well.

A Sign of a Good Person

Similarly, in another Hadith, hospitality has been linked with a person's character. The Greatest Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  said:لَا خَیْرَ فِیْمَن لَا یُضَیِّفُ  meaning, "There is no good in that person who is not hospitable."^[2]

Look at how much importance is being given to hospitality. It is being explained that the standard of a person’s goodness or badness is hospitality. One who is hospitable, honours the guest, provides comfort and ease, and becomes happy when a guest arrives is a good person. His character and personality contain goodness. On the other hand, the person who does not honour a guest, whose face turns pale when a guest arrives, who feels worried in his heart, and does not host the guest well, has no goodness in his character or his self.

Allah Almighty Gives Good Character to whom He Wills

There is a lesson-filled account mentioned in the books of Hadith. The