Conditions for the obligation to respond to a wedding feast invitation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding responding to an invitation, if you or your family are invited to a feast, is the obligation upon every member of the family? And if a person from the family fails to attend, does this fall under the prohibition?
Answer:
If the feast is a wedding feast, a wedding feast, then it is obligatory for the invitee to attend, provided that the invitee is required to attend under two conditions. The first condition is that the host specifies him by name, not a general invitation. The second condition is that there be no evil in it that he is unable to remove. If there is evil in it that he is unable to remove, and the common practice today, unfortunately, is that these gatherings contain evils and harms, such as women displaying their adornment and the exposure of their private parts, and singing and musical instruments, and image-making. Now image-making has appeared in wedding parties from the ignorant and the foolish. These are sins. If you are unable to remove them, do not attend, neither you nor your family. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding responding to an invitation, if you or your family are invited to a feast, is the obligation upon every member of the family? And if a person from the family fails to attend, does this fall under the prohibition?
Answer:
If the feast is a wedding feast, a wedding feast, then it is obligatory for the invitee to attend, provided that the invitee is required to attend under two conditions. The first condition is that the host specifies him by name, not a general invitation. The second condition is that there be no evil in it that he is unable to remove. If there is evil in it that he is unable to remove, and the common practice today, unfortunately, is that these gatherings contain evils and harms, such as women displaying their adornment and the exposure of their private parts, and singing and musical instruments, and image-making. Now image-making has appeared in wedding parties from the ignorant and the foolish. These are sins. If you are unable to remove them, do not attend, neither you nor your family. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7578- شروط وجوب إجابة دعوة وليمة العرس - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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