For example, in the engagement ceremony a boy makes a girl wear a ring with his own hands, and that is Haraam and an act leading to Hell. In a wedding ceremony, a man colours his hands with henna, and this is also Haraam. Mixed parties of men and women are arranged or sometimes a so-called purdah (tent) is erected between them, even then non-Mahram men enter the women’s section freely to serve food, take pictures and recording clips; women wear western fashion; young girls of the family dance, sing songs and entertain themselves. Similarly, the men also enter freely into these immoral acts; men and women commit the sin of misusing their eyes a lot. They do not have the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ nor shyness from Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم!

Remember! If a non-Mahram man sees a non-Mahram woman or vice-versa with lust, both are Haraam acts that will lead them to Hell. Therefore, we must abandon these immoral and wrong customs and host our wedding ceremonies according to the Sunnah, with simplicity, as it has goodness and blessings for us.

Blessed Nikah

The Mother of the believers, Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا narrated that the Revered and Renowned Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘A greatly blessed Nikah is one in which there is less burden.’

(Musnad Imam Ahmad, vol. 9, pp. 365, Hadees 24583)

Commenting on the abovementioned blessed Hadees, a great thinker of the Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الْـحَـنَّان has stated: If a marriage is not extravagant from any side and the Mahr (i.e. the money paid by the husband to the wife) and dowry are less, then neither the family of the bride nor of the bride-groom fall into debt, no strict condition is set, and the bride is  given away in the trust of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, such a Nikah will be highly blessed and successful. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 5, pp. 11)