Is it obligatory to accept a friend's invitation to his friend's wedding night celebration?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: This brother, if a person sends me a message via mobile phone inviting me to attend his wedding night or his marriage, does this count as a private invitation that I must accept?
Answer:
Yes, this falls under the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the rights of a Muslim over a Muslim: "If he invites you, accept it." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This indicates that accepting the invitation, especially the wedding feast, is an obligatory matter, unless one has an excuse, in which case he states his excuse and the obligation is lifted from him. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: This brother, if a person sends me a message via mobile phone inviting me to attend his wedding night or his marriage, does this count as a private invitation that I must accept?
Answer:
Yes, this falls under the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the rights of a Muslim over a Muslim: "If he invites you, accept it." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The worst food is the food of the wedding feast, to which is invited the one who refuses it, and the poor man or the one who wants it is left out. Then he said: And whoever does not accept it has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.
شر الطعام طعام الوليمة يدعى إليها من يأباها ويترك الفقير أو من يريدها ثم قال ومن لا يجب فقد عصى الله ورسوله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجب تلبية دعوة الصديق لصديقه إذا دعاه لحضور حفل ليلة زفافه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.