حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ وَمُسَدَّدٌ الْمَعْنَی قَالَ أَحْمَدُ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَی الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ عَشَائُ أَحَدِکُمْ وَأُقِيمَتْ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَا يَقُومُ حَتَّی يَفْرُغَ زَادَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَکَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِذَا وُضِعَ عَشَاؤُهُ أَوْ حَضَرَ عَشَاؤُهُ لَمْ يَقُمْ حَتَّی يَفْرُغَ وَإِنْ سَمِعَ الْإِقَامَةَ وَإِنْ سَمِعَ قِرَائَةَ الْإِمَامِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3756
Narrated Abdur Rahman al-Himyari: A companion of the Prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in neighbourhood, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation of the one who comes first.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020