Ibn MasoodDarul Ifta Ibn Masood

Quraan Khatm Before Nikaah

English
Marriage And Divorce

Question

My sister is getting married and my family wants to have a Quraan/Yaseen Khatm the night before the Nikaah. Is this allowed or is it considered Bid’ah?

Answer

There is no proof of such a practice in the Quraan and Hadith, hence the said practice will be considered a Bid’ah. When Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam decided to get Hadrat Fatima Radiallahu Anha married, he called a few Sahaaba to the Masjid and handed her over in marriage to Hadrat Ali Radiallahu Anhu. There was no custom of Khatm of Quraan Sharif as is in vogue nowadays, and which is generally accompanied with a host of other customs. Similarly, our pious predecessors got their daughters married with simplicity without any function or Khatm before the Nikah, or after the Nikah. The Walimah is held by the groom’s party which is Sunnah.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وَقَالَ صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم عَلَيْكُم بِسنتي وَسنة الْخُلَفَاء الرَّاشِدين المهديين من بعدِي عضوا عَلَيْهَا بالنواجذ وَإِيَّاكُم ومحدثات الْأُمُور فَإِن كل محدثة بِدعَة وكل بِدعَة ضَلَالَة والمتأول تَارِك لسنة رَسُول الله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم وَسنة الْخُلَفَاء الرَّاشِدين وَهُوَ مُحدث مُبْتَدع ضال بِحكم الْخَبَر الْمَذْكُور

Answered by
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
View original Ask Ibn Masood directly

Fatawa SA is an independent, read-only index of fatawa already published by Darul Ifta Ibn Masood. It is not a fatwa service. For your own situation, ask the issuing Darul Ifta directly.