The Ruling on Responding to Wedding Invitation Cards and Attending with the Family

Question:
Is it obligatory to respond to wedding invitation cards, or are they a general invitation? And if the invitation specifies the family, does the entire family go?

Answer:
No, regarding the family, no, because there may be harms resulting from the family attending, especially in the contemporary celebrations now, where many harms occur. As for the person invited by the card, if his name is specified by being written on the envelope or written at the beginning of the card, it is obligatory for him to respond. If the conditions are met, if the conditions are met, because if the inviter is Muslim and there is no evil in the wedding feast, and he is named specifically, it is obligatory for him to attend. Yes.