they would shake hands, and when they returned from a journey they would embrace.” (1)
37 – It is recommended to gather one’s companions and feed them on coming back from travel, following the practice of the Prophet ﷺ. Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allah reports: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Madinah, he slaughtered a camel or a cow.” Muʿādh added, citing Shuʿbah from Muḥārib, who heard Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allah say: “The Prophet ﷺ bought a camel from me for two uqiyyahs and a dirham, or two dirhams; when he reached Sarār (2) he ordered that a cow be slaughtered, and they ate from it …” the hadith. (3)
This meal is called an-naqīʿa—the food prepared by someone who has just returned from travel. (4) This hadith and other narrations with the same purport indicate that the imam or leader should feed his companions upon