Reforming Wedding and Other Customs

Question

Islamic societies have drawn up a code of conduct so that in these critical times evil customs may be abandoned and Muslims may carry out every matter by the command of God and by the word of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The committee also distributed copies of the code of conduct to various people and sent out copies of a letter; delegations also went on behalf of the committee — so that people would not be extravagant: all of this is the work of Satan, and because of it the community falls day by day into poverty…

Answer

Reforming extravagance, wrong customs and impermissible conduct is necessary. The wedding and the nikah are in reality an act of worship (‘ibada) established from the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions ﵃. The wedding should be held with this intention, and the very way should be adopted that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his devoted, noble Companions ﵃ adopted; its details are set…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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