Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّالَانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ الْأَوْدِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الدَّاعِيَانِ فَأَجِبْ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا فَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا أَقْرَبُهُمَا جِوَارًا فَإِذَا سَبَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَأَجِبْ الَّذِي سَبَقَ.
English Translation
Abd al-Salam ibn Harb narrated to us, Yazid ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Dalani narrated to me, from Abu al-Ala' al-Awdi, from Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman, from a man among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: When two invitations coincide, respond to the one whose door is nearer, for the one whose door is nearer has the nearer claim of neighborliness; and if one of them comes first, respond to the one who came first.