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Answering all invitations and feasts other than the wedding feast

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Answering the wedding feast is obligatory. So, is it obligatory to answer all other invitations and feasts, such as the 'aqiqah invitation and others?

Answer:
Yes.
the rights of the Muslimمن حق المسلم على المسلم
Sunan Ibn Majah 1435Hasan (Darussalam)
If he invites you, answer him, unless there is a barrier. If there is a barrier, apologize. But if there is no barrier and he invites you, then you must answer him. This is obligatory; it is one of the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 75 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/جبريل في القرآن/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:53)

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