Is it permissible to eat when invited by people who are already eating?

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Al-Mughni

Book of the Wedding Feast

Book 37 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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If one arrives and finds people eating and they invite him, it is not disliked for him to eat. This is based on the Hadith of Jabir, where the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was invited and ate with them.