What is the advice regarding the saying of some people: “Do not attend the invitation of one who did not attend your invitation”?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is a custom among some people, which is not attending the invitation of one who did not attend your invitation. Is there a basis for this?
Answer:
No. If he wrongs you, you should be good to him, meaning[Al-Mu'minun 23:96] Yes. So, your being good to him, even if he wrongs you, is of good character. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is a custom among some people, which is not attending the invitation of one who did not attend your invitation. Is there a basis for this?
Answer:
No. If he wrongs you, you should be good to him, meaning
Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil.
ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1894 -2802] ما النصيحة حول قول بعضهم: لا تحضر دعوة مَن لم يحضر دعوتك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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