Is the obligation to accept an invitation specific to weddings, or is it absolute?

Al-Halabi : The brother says,The questioner : Is the obligation to accept an invitation specific to weddings, or is it absolute?

The Shaykh: What does ... mean.

The questioner: The wedding.

The Shaykh: Ah, the wedding, excuse me, no. I understand that the mention of the wedding, as al-Shawkani says in some texts, is an instance of the general. That is, accepting an invitation is absolute. In the narration of This is a general text, and there is a specific text regarding the invitation to a wedding. This is not a specification because it does not contradict the specifying text; rather, it remains contradictory to the general text. Therefore, some of the Salaf used to call the specific text the abrogating and the general text the abrogated. We must note this meaning when we want to say that this is specific and that is general. Our case here has no such contradiction at all; rather, this is part of the general.
Al-Halabi: Shaykh, I recall that in Sahih al-Jami' there is a hadith: .

The Shaykh: This means it remains as it is, with the disagreement.

The questioner: Narrations about one who is invited to a wedding feast or the like.

The Shaykh: And this supports the rule.

The questioner: Here, mentioning an instance of the general does not mean.