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Is it obligatory to accept a friend's invitation to lunch if you are observing a voluntary fast and he is unaware of your fasting, especially since he has sworn that you would come?

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If a fasting person is invited to a meal, it is more fitting for him to break his fast to fulfill the oath of his friend, for it is a right of a Muslim upon a Muslim to fulfill his oath.

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