Wedding Customs

Question

Among the Muslims of the villages of Attock district the following customs take place at weddings. A day before the nikah the people of the biradari (clan community) gather, and a silver bangle is put on the groom’s right hand; on the same hand a coloured cord is also tied, which they call the “gana” (a ritual wedding cord tied on the wrist), with an iron ring threaded on it. Then the mirasis (hereditary singers and musicians)

Answer

These customs are contrary to the Sacred Law and impermissible. For a man to wear silver jewellery is haram. Singing and dancing in this manner to the small drum, going round the village, women coming out together with non-mahram men — all these are customs of shamelessness and ignorance; striving to eradicate them is the duty of every person according to his capacity, and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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