Note 64 — THE SAY OF HAYKAR THE SAGE.[6]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
In Al-Harírí (p. 409) we read, “Hospitality is three days;” and a Hadís of the Prophet confirms the liberal practice of The Ignorance:—“The entertainment of a guest is three days, and the viaticum (“Jáizah”) is a day and a night, and whatso exceedeth is an alms-gift.” On the first day is shown largeness and courtesy; on the second and third the stranger is treated after the usual custom of the household, and then he is provided with rations for a day and a night. See Lane: A. Nights, i. 486; also The Nights, vol. i. 3.