Marriage · Subtopic
Walimah & Wedding Customs
686 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Walimah & Wedding Customs, part of Marriage. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Walimah & Wedding Customs fatawa — page 2 of 18
- Mufti Online6 Oct 2023
Mess nights before the nikaah
Are mess nights permissible in Islam? This is where the family gathers some nights before the nikaah and mess the bride/groom with holi powder or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Sep 2023
Engagement before marriage
Please advise on an engagement. A couple wants to have an engagement.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Aug 2023Roman Urdu
Muharram aur Safar ma nikaah karna
Kia Muharram o Safar ma nikah ker sakty ha?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - MJC29 Jul 2023
Intermingling at Weddings
The presence of both males and females in the same space is permissible. Interaction between individuals of the opposite gender is impermissible if…
Mufti Abdurragmaan Khan - Mufti Online17 Jun 2023Roman Urdu
Souteli khala se nikaah karna
Kya souteli khala se nikaah ho sakta hai Maa alag alag hai?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Jun 2023
Asian custom of bride's sisters taking money from the groom on their wedding day
I have a question regarding a tradition called "dood pilai" in Asian households. During weddings, there is a tradition in which the brides sisters…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN30 May 2023
Taking food from Walimas, Jalsahs or other functions.
I have noticed in functions such as Walimas and Jalsas that people take food in containers and packets including cakes etc. when they are leaving.…
Mufti Moosa Salie - Mufti Online11 Mar 2023
Secret nikaah
I'm with a person for many years. But now we live in the same place because we are studying in the same state. We meet every day and shake hands or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville20 Feb 2023
Delaying A Waleemah
Till how long can a waleemah be delayed after Khalwat (seclusion)?
- Azaadville22 Dec 2022
Wedding Anniversaries
Is it permissible to do anything special on the day being the anniversary?
- Ibn Masood1 Nov 2022
Meals to be served on the occasion of Walimah
Is there any Sunnat meals that should be served on the occasion of Walimah?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online23 Oct 2022
Attending a function wherein sin takes place
Is this ruling correct: Question: We have a small community in the country I live in, and weddings are an excellent opportunity to come together and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood23 Oct 2022
Joint wedding and Walimah
I would like to know if it is permissible to attend a joint function where the wedding and Walimah is combined? I’m trying to avoid attending…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood21 Sep 2022
Time of Walimah
How long after the Nikah should the Walimah be performed? Can it be a week after the Nikah, and will the condition be that the couple cannot meet…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville23 Aug 2022
Wedding Receptions
Is there anything wrong with having an invitation from the girl’s side at the time of her marriage, which is in addition to Walima (on the…
- Ask Imaam18 Aug 2022
When Walima should be done, Can both parties split the cost of the Walima?
Assalaamu alaykum, I would like to know when walima ceremony should be done? Is it alowed to held walima ceremony after few months of NIkah? We…
Mirza Mahmood Baig - Mufti Online23 Jul 2022Roman Urdu
Nikaah ke waqt pe waalid ke surname mai galat ho jaye
Kiya nikaah ke waqt pe waalid ke surname mai galat ho jaye to nikaah jaaiz hai? Jaise ki surname Quraishi ho aur ail bol ke nikaah karwaya jaye to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Jul 2022
Newly married couple not having children to enjoy their marital life
Is it permissible for a newly married couple to mutually decide not to have kids for one or one and a half years so that they may enjoy their…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood1 Jul 2022
Lavish wedding in emulation of the Kuffar
1. Recently, there was a tiger at a ‘Muslim’ wedding. It attracted the attention of almost everyone. However, bar a few people, the following two…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online25 May 2022
Secret nikaah
I have a boyfriend and we are in a relationship and he is not socially setteld yet so his parents are not willing for nikkah now but we want a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Feb 2022
Family not allowing boy to get married out of the family
I am 32 years old. I am asking my family to let me get marryied to a girl (outside my family) but they are not agreeing. They do not give me a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Feb 2022
Custom of a person removing the bride from the stage on her wedding
I am planning to marry in 3 weeks insha Allah. The families are making the nikah very difficult. Myself and wife to be want it to be simple and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Feb 2022
Wedding walk ins
What is the ruling of wedding walk ins in Islam? If I can put it like that. When the reception or walima is held alot of people have their families…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2021
Engagement functions
I have a question about engagement functions. Is it halaal or haraam?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood26 Nov 2021
Sunnat method of Walimah
1. Is it Sunnah for the newly wed couple to be intimate on the first night of marriage? 2. What is the Sunnah method of Walimah? At which point and…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville25 Nov 2021
Validity of Walimah
Will the Walimah be valid if the couple were unable to be intimate due to the wife experiencing her monthly cycle?
- Mufti Online14 Oct 2021
Ownership of the wedding ring after divorce
When a couple are divorced, then all gifts are to remain with the person they were given to, but what about the wedding ring? This is given as a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville14 Oct 2021
Walimah
Please explain Walimah and the practice of delaying it until the couple have spent the night together. Would it be recommended to have the Nikaah,…
- Azaadville12 Oct 2021
Walimah On The Same Day As Nikaah
Today it has become a custom for people to have Walimah on the same day as Nikaah. The couple have a Khalwah Saheehah and then the invitation is…
- Ask Imaam8 Oct 2021
Can Walima be done before consummation?
Can Walima be done before consummation?
Mudassir Benish - Azaadville26 Sep 2021
Weddings
I’d like to enquire the ruling of a wedding in islam (feeding from the girls side) Many a time the girls family says it’s not a wedding. We just…
- Mufti Online18 Sep 2021Roman Urdu
Wali ke beghair nikaah karna
Kiya baghair wali ke nikaah hojata hai? Court marriage jaiz hai ya na jaiz?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Aug 2021Roman Urdu
Nikaah ka matlab
1. Islam me mard aurat ko mehar de kar apni biwi banani hoti hai, aur mard kehte hai ham ne paise dekar kharida hai. To kya aurat ko paise dekar…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Jun 2021
Going on honeymoon
Is it permissible to go for honeymoon?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jun 2021Roman Urdu
Khandaan me shaadi karne se kiya bachche me genetic problems ho sakte hai?
Mera sawal hai ki science kehti hai ki agar cousin bhai behan shadi kare aur unke bacche ho aur wo bhi cousin marriage kare aur unke bacche ho aur…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 May 2021Roman Urdu
Bachcha nikaah se pehle payda hone se usko thaabit-un-nasab (jaaiz) banaana
Shadi shuda aurat se najiaz aulaad hone ke bad phir us aurat se nikaah karlene se kiya bacha jaiz hojayega?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 May 2021
Playing nasheeds on one's wedding or when the bride enters
Is one allowed to play nasheeds on one's wedding or when the bride enters, to play a nasheed at that time?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Mar 2021
Cleaning the legs of a newly wed couple
1. When a couple is newly married and they come home, the groom's sister cleans the legs of both the groom and bride and then they are allowed to go…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2020
Throwing food at the groom before the wedding
When people in my family get married, they normally make a big thing with the groom. They splash him and throw food on him and make a big noise.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Oct 2020
Prerequisite for walimah to take place
Please can mufti advise on the following: 1. In Sha Allah I’m getting married soon, and I would like to know what are the prerequisites for a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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