61 – Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated to me; Abū al-Junayd al-Ḍarīr narrated to us; Sālim Abū Ghiyāth al-Ḍubaʿī narrated to us; I heard Bakr ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Muzanī say: ⦗46⦘
“When a guest comes to you, do not keep him waiting for what you do not have while withholding what you do have. Offer him whatever is at hand, and afterwards, if you wish to honour him further, then do so.”