If invited to a lunch and dinner wedding feast, is attending one of them sufficient?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some wedding feasts include an invitation to attend both lunch and dinner. Is the guest required to attend both? And what if he attends the lunch but not the dinner? He says: Some wedding feasts include an invitation to attend both lunch and dinner. Is the guest required to attend both? And what if he attends the lunch but not the dinner?
Answer:
He attends one, meaning either the dinner or the lunch, and that is sufficient, if Allah wills. If he attends one, that is sufficient. Yes, because the purpose has been achieved. Also, extravagance is forbidden, and holding two feasts is an act of extravagance. Holding two feasts is sufficient; one feast achieves the purpose. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some wedding feasts include an invitation to attend both lunch and dinner. Is the guest required to attend both? And what if he attends the lunch but not the dinner? He says: Some wedding feasts include an invitation to attend both lunch and dinner. Is the guest required to attend both? And what if he attends the lunch but not the dinner?
Answer:
He attends one, meaning either the dinner or the lunch, and that is sufficient, if Allah wills. If he attends one, that is sufficient. Yes, because the purpose has been achieved. Also, extravagance is forbidden, and holding two feasts is an act of extravagance. Holding two feasts is sufficient; one feast achieves the purpose. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1864 -2802] إذا دعي لوليمة الغداء والعشاء، هل يكفي حضور أحدهما؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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