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: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar