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The Prophet Muhammad (a.s.) said:

When god will on happiness and prosperity of a nation, he will bestow them a gift. they asked, `what is that gift'. he replied, `guest'.


Brief description
That is true. guest is the gift of god, a valuable and honorable gift. but the material world in which all affections are lost, guest has no sense. rather, it is a troublous and strange and unreasonably beloved being. so it rarely happens for someone to invite another or to be invited unless for material, commercial and political relations.
while the islamic countries and the families in which religious customs are still alive, guest is honored and respectable as a divine gift although he may not have any family relation.


Behar-u-l anvar, volume 15, page 241

قال رسول الله صلّ الله علیه و آله و سلم

اِذا اَرادَ اللّهُ بِقَوْم خَيْراً أَهْدَى اِلَيْهِمْ هَدِيَّةً. قالُوا وَ ما تِلْكَ الْهَدِيَّة؟ قالَ: اَلضَّيْفُ

پیامبر خدا حضرت محمد صلوات الله علیه و آله فرمود

هرگاه خداوند خیر و نیکی را برای قومی بخواهد به آنها هدیه ای می بخشد. پرسیدند: آن هدیه چیست؟ فرمود: میهمان

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