If a person is invited to lunch or dinner and does not respond, is he obligated to pay the right? (This is a custom practiced by some tribes).
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The questioner : A final question, and we are leaving. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : If one person invites another to lunch, breakfast, or dinner, and he does not respond to the invitation and does not come, is he obligated to pay the right?
The Shaykh : Is he obligated to what?
The questioner : I mean, they sit him down to pay the right. This is what the tribes do.
The Shaykh : No, he is not obligated to this, but
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, no, he is not obligated to this.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But perhaps you will find an excuse for him, he laughs.The Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) ...
Another questioner : But we repeated the invitation to him and said to him, "We are waiting for you now, we are waiting for you half an hour, we are waiting for you an hour."
The Shaykh : The absent one has his excuse with him, he laughs.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : If one person invites another to lunch, breakfast, or dinner, and he does not respond to the invitation and does not come, is he obligated to pay the right?
The Shaykh : Is he obligated to what?
The questioner : I mean, they sit him down to pay the right. This is what the tribes do.
The Shaykh : No, he is not obligated to this, but
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, no, he is not obligated to this.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But perhaps you will find an excuse for him, he laughs.The Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) ...
Another questioner : But we repeated the invitation to him and said to him, "We are waiting for you now, we are waiting for you half an hour, we are waiting for you an hour."
The Shaykh : The absent one has his excuse with him, he laughs.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
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