# Sunan Abi Dawud - Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)

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**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #3755

**Book:** Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Salam bin Harb bin Salm al-Mala'i عبد السلام بن حرب بن سلم النهدي الملائي, Abu Khalid al-Dalani أبو خالد الدالاني الأسدي, Hameed bin 'Abdur Rahman حميد بن عبد الرحمن الحميري, Hanad bin al-Sari bin Mus'ab هناد بن السري بن مصعب | **Grade:** Hasan

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3755/)*

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