Question
Is the following Hadith suitable to quote?
“There is no good in the one who does not host.”
Answer
Sayyiduna ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reported that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “There is no good in the one who does not host [guests].”
(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 4, pg. 155)
The narration is suitable to quote.
(Refer: Targhib, vol. 3, pg. 374, Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 8, pg. 175 and At Taysir, vol. 2, pg. 500)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar