Uninvited Guest

 Written by: Mir Aqa Etebar

Most people invite their relatives and friends to take part in a ceremony like wedding, engagement and other parties to a hotel and when they write an invitation card, they mention the number of guests on the card but some guests take their friends to the party too and this issue might cause problems to the party’s holder.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some people about this issue.

Mihria, a resident of Balkh province says, “We had invited about 800 guests into my brother’s wedding party but the number of the guests reached up to 1500 people. As the food was prepared only for 800 guests, it took a long time to prepare more food.”

Shahbaz, a resident of Kapisa province says, “Once we were invited to our neighbor’s wedding party. That night, we had guests at home and we took them to the hotel too but when we reached to the hotel and visited the owner of the party, we were ashamed to have guests with us.”

What does Islamic religion order about this issue?

Hamid Malawizadah narrates a Hadis of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), “Translation: those who are going without an invitation to party, they inter to the party like thieves and leave the party like usurpers.”

What do people think about the causes of going to parties without an invitation?

Haseebullah says, “One of my classmates told me that they are invited to the wedding ceremony and he took me too to the hotel.”

Zuhal, a resident of Kunduz province says, “We are 4 persons in our house, my mother and my two sisters. Our neighbor had invited 3 of us. As we could not leave one of my sisters alone at home, therefore we all went to the hotel.”

Aisha Barakzai, a resident of Rozgan province says, “When I was writing invitation cards, my brother asked me to give him a blank card for his colleagues. When we were checking the number of guests in the hotel, we saw that all the personals of his office had come to the hotel including soldiers, bodyguards, guards, and others.”

How do people solve this issue?

Gul Ahmad, a resident of Kapisa province says, “One of our relatives' wedding ceremony was held in a hotel. The number of our family members reach 8 people and they invited all of us but we did not want to face them with the problem, and 5 of us went to the hotel.”

Fawad Ahmad says, “We informed the hotel’s authorities about the number of our guests and warned them that we would not pay them more than 50 extra guests. They ordered the doorkeeper to check the invitation cards and prevent stray boys.”