'Accompany only him who is pious, and let no one but a pious eat your food.'(Abu Dawood)
*One should not only invite the rich, and leave out the poor. Abu Hurairah () said:
'The worst type of food is that which only the rich are invited to eat from, while no poor are invited. Whoever accepts this invitation, has certainly disobeyed Allah and His Messenger ().'
*The guest should leave the house of the host while he is content. He should overlook and forgive the host for any of his shortcomings.
*One should try his best not to be a burden on the host. Allah says:
and when you have taken your meal, disperse. (33:53)
Manners of the Sitting Place *One should entice others who attend a sitting to remember Allah, the Exalted. One should refrain from sittings in which the name of Allah is not mentioned. The Prophet () said:
'No people leave a sitting while not having mentioned the name of Allah therein but will be similar to a people who finished eating from a carcass of a donkey, and they will feel sorrowful.'(Abu Dawood) *One should include in his sitting reminders, with which he can remind the people. In the two Saheeh, it is narrated that Ibn Masood () would remind the people every Thursday. A man said: 'O Abu Abdurrahmaan, we love your talk, we wish you talked to us everyday. He said: 'The only thing that prevents me from that is the fear that I will bore you. The Messenger of Allah () would give us reminders from time to time out of fear that he would bore us.'
*One should choose a proper companion. The Prophet () said:
