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The First: one should not prefer to respond to the rich in preference to the poor,
this is a form of pride from, which we are forbidden.

The Second: One should not decline an invitation merely on the grounds that the
distance will be far for you, also one should not decline because the host is poor
or not a notable person, but if it is any distance you can usually bear, you should
not decline the invitation. It was said in the Torah or some other books: Walk for
a mile to visit a sick person, walk two miles at a funeral, walk three miles in
response to an invitation, walk four miles to visit a brother in faith.

The Third: One should not decline just because he is fasting, but he should
attend, and if he feels that his brother is pleased to give him breakfast, he should
have breakfast there and take into account in his intention that his breakfast is to
please his brother. This should be for when one is fasting voluntarily. The
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said to the one who declines his
brother‟s invitation on the excuse of fasting: “Your brother has bothered himself

for you, then you come and tell him „I am fasting.‟”