Congratulatory Gifts for the Groom and Face-Unveiling Gifts for the Bride

Question

Giving a congratulatory gift to the groom (its name comes from the word “salam”) and a gift to the bride for unveiling her face is written as permissible in “Anwar-i Sati‘a” (“The Shining Lights”; p. 232, Jamal Press, Delhi) on the authority of Mawlana Ishaq ﵋, and the author of “Barahin-i Qati‘a”, adducing the narration “تهادوا تحابوا” (“exchange gifts, and you will love one another”), conceded that it has a basis.

Answer

If the purpose of the face-unveiling gift is that the bride should show her face to non-mahram men, then it will be tantamount to opening the door to indecency. But if the bride’s mother-in-law and others, being pleased, give a present to the bride they have brought home — since she has only just left her parental home — so that she may be comforted, what objection is there to…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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