Muwatta Malik #1201
Marriage
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ شَرُّ الطَّعَامِ طَعَامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ يُدْعَى لَهَا الأَغْنِيَاءُ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibr. Shihab from al-Araj that
Abu Hurayra said, "The worst food is the food of a wedding feast to
which the rich are invited and the poor are left out. If anyone
rejects an invitation, he has rebelled against Allah and His
Messenger."
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This hadith is #1201 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Marriage.