Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Accepting the Invitation of a Muslim َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ الْكَرْخِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَوْ أَنَّ ٠ِناً دَعَانِي إِلَى طَعَا٠ِ ذِرَاعِ شَاةٍ لَأَجَبْتُهُ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ ٠ِنَ الدِّينِ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٠ُنَافِقاً دَعَانِي إِلَى طَعَا٠َا أَجَبْتُهُ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ ٠ِنَ الدِّينِ أَبَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِي زَبْدَ الْ٠ُشْرِكِينَ وَ الْ٠ُنَافِقِينَ وَ طَعَا٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Ibrahim al-Karkhiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘If a believing man invites me for food that consists of only a hand of sheep, I accept it and that is of religion.

If an idolater or hypocrite invites me for food that consists of a whole camel, I do not accept and that is of religion. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, disdains one’s receiving gifts from pagans and hypocrites and their food.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/79))