Continuation of the explanation of the statement of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "
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The Shaykh : We have previously mentioned what Abu Hurayrah reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the rights of a Muslim over his brother: returning the greeting, visiting the sick, and following the funeral processions.
The fourth: responding to the invitation. It is the right of a Muslim over his brother that if he invites him, he should respond to him. Responding to an invitation is prescribed without disagreement among scholars, as far as we know, provided the inviter is a Muslim, is not openly committing sin, and the invitation does not include a sin that one is unable to remove. However, it is not obligatory according to the majority of scholars except in the case of a wedding invitation. If the husband invites him for the first time on the first day, then responding is obligatory if he is specifically designated, subject to the previous conditions we mentioned.
If the inviter is not a Muslim, then responding is not obligatory, nor is it prescribed except if there is a benefit in doing so. If there is a benefit, such as hoping for his Islam and reconciliation, then there is no harm in responding to a non-Muslim, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) responded to the invitation of a Jew who invited him in Madinah.
If he is a Muslim who is openly committing sin, such as shaving the beard, for example, or smoking in public in the markets, or other forbidden things, then responding to him is not obligatory. But if there is a benefit in responding to him, respond to him. If there is no benefit in responding to him, look at the situation: if there is a benefit in not responding to him, such that if he sees that he has been boycotted and that people are not responding to his invitation, he will repent and turn back to Allah, then do not respond to him, perhaps Allah will guide him. And if there is no benefit in that, then you have a choice: if you wish, respond; if you wish, do not respond to him.
And if there is a wrong in the invitation: if a person is able to change it, he must respond from two aspects:
The first aspect: removing the wrong.
The second aspect: responding to his brother's invitation if it is a wedding and it is the first day.
As for if there is a wrong in the invitation that you cannot change, such as if there is smoking or hookah in the invitation, or if there is forbidden singing, then it is not permissible for you to respond.
The scholars said: except if the wrong is in another place, and you are responding to a place where there is no wrong, and the inviter is one of your relatives whom, if you left responding to, would be considered severing ties, then there is no harm in responding in this case. And if boycotting leads to the abandonment of this sin, then boycott him. For example, if your relative invites you and you know that there will be something forbidden in the invitation, and you say to him: I will not respond to you except on the condition that there is no forbidden thing in the invitation, and he accepts that, then respond. But if he insists on the presence of the forbidden thing, do not respond to him, because attending the forbidden thing, even if a person hates it in his heart, makes the person a partner to the doer, as Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:140]. This is the ruling on responding to invitations. These are the rights that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) explained; if people perform them among themselves, it will result in affection and love, and the grudges and hatreds in hearts and souls will be removed. And Allah knows best.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted: " From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1240, agreed upon. And in a narration by Muslim: Mishkat al-Masabih 1525 ".
The fourth: responding to the invitation. It is the right of a Muslim over his brother that if he invites him, he should respond to him. Responding to an invitation is prescribed without disagreement among scholars, as far as we know, provided the inviter is a Muslim, is not openly committing sin, and the invitation does not include a sin that one is unable to remove. However, it is not obligatory according to the majority of scholars except in the case of a wedding invitation. If the husband invites him for the first time on the first day, then responding is obligatory if he is specifically designated, subject to the previous conditions we mentioned.
If the inviter is not a Muslim, then responding is not obligatory, nor is it prescribed except if there is a benefit in doing so. If there is a benefit, such as hoping for his Islam and reconciliation, then there is no harm in responding to a non-Muslim, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) responded to the invitation of a Jew who invited him in Madinah.
If he is a Muslim who is openly committing sin, such as shaving the beard, for example, or smoking in public in the markets, or other forbidden things, then responding to him is not obligatory. But if there is a benefit in responding to him, respond to him. If there is no benefit in responding to him, look at the situation: if there is a benefit in not responding to him, such that if he sees that he has been boycotted and that people are not responding to his invitation, he will repent and turn back to Allah, then do not respond to him, perhaps Allah will guide him. And if there is no benefit in that, then you have a choice: if you wish, respond; if you wish, do not respond to him.
And if there is a wrong in the invitation: if a person is able to change it, he must respond from two aspects:
The first aspect: removing the wrong.
The second aspect: responding to his brother's invitation if it is a wedding and it is the first day.
As for if there is a wrong in the invitation that you cannot change, such as if there is smoking or hookah in the invitation, or if there is forbidden singing, then it is not permissible for you to respond.
The scholars said: except if the wrong is in another place, and you are responding to a place where there is no wrong, and the inviter is one of your relatives whom, if you left responding to, would be considered severing ties, then there is no harm in responding in this case. And if boycotting leads to the abandonment of this sin, then boycott him. For example, if your relative invites you and you know that there will be something forbidden in the invitation, and you say to him: I will not respond to you except on the condition that there is no forbidden thing in the invitation, and he accepts that, then respond. But if he insists on the presence of the forbidden thing, do not respond to him, because attending the forbidden thing, even if a person hates it in his heart, makes the person a partner to the doer, as Allah the Exalted said:
And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذاً مِثْلُهُمْThe reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted: " From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: