خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 374
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 374 September 17, 1982 class servants are available to do the washing etc after the food, if not for the cooking, at least۔So there are many problems attached to this way of life, and keeping them in view, their hospitality (becomes) achieves their greater status and we must (be), in proportion to that, be more thankful to them۔Although in Islam the traditional concept of a guest is for three days at the sunset of the third day or let's extend it to the sunrise of the fourth day, the normal tradition, all responsibilities of the hospitality end, but in the case of London Jama'at it is extended to some times two weeks because people who come from Pakistan or some other foreign countries they think that the money they have spent on fare is not well paid, not paid back if they return after a few days۔So naturally, because of that and because of their desire to see England, they have to extend their visits, with the result that some times three days get extended to three weeks and still the local people cope with that and some times weeks get extended into months and, instead of the sunrise of the fourth day, new moon of the fourth month still finds the guests well entrenched in their houses۔And yet as I have told you and I feel, they show immense patience to them and they show immense kindness۔They suffer a lot at their hands and they don't utter a word of complaint۔But it should be kept in mind by those who visit here that Islamic concept of good conduct is not a one-way traffic۔Both the parties have their responsibilities