I was invited to attend my son's wedding, so is it obligatory to accept the invitation?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a person says: I invited another person to attend my son's wedding, but he did not attend. Then, after a while, he invited me to attend his son's wedding. Is it permissible for me not to attend, or is it obligatory for me to accept?

Answer:
It is not obligatory for you to accept, and even if the one who did not attend is responsible for his action, you are asking about your action. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If he invites you, then accept If he invites you, then accept. And he said regarding the wedding feast: The worst food is the food of the wedding feast, to which those who refuse it are invited, and the poor are prevented from it, while the rich are invited. And whoever does not accept has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger. Except if there are wrongdoings in the feast or the celebration and he is unable to remove them, then he may delay, and it is not permissible for him to attend wrongdoings while he is unable to forbid them. But if it is free from wrongdoings, then it is obligatory to accept the invitation to it, provided it is possible. Yes.