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Assalaam'aaleykum!

Jazak'Allah Khayr everyone for your response!

Reflecting back on yesterday's Tashkeel after having read your replies, I feel that it wasn't as pushy as I felt yesterday. And I would heartily accept the fact that it was more of an encouragement (Targheeb) and solution-finding attempt on brothers part who visited and tashkeel[ed] me. I even regret now for having such feeling but Allah know me better that it wasn't something deliberate. May Allah ta'ala give us correct understanding!

But one question is still left unanswered - How does one respectfully refuse if he/she is not prepared to go for whatever personal reason?

Jazak'Allah khayr everyone once again! I look forward to hearing from you.