Some Resolutions of a Committee for Abolishing Wedding Customs

Question

The Muslim Chhipi (a caste of cloth printers) Association of Bijnor district has formed a social organisation of its own, through which it has reduced the expenses of jewellery, clothes, the engagement custom, the bride’s send-off to her husband’s home and the like at its weddings, and has also placed restrictions on the mahr and the dowry. (1) For the nikah it has been decided that the nikah will take place only on the mahr of Fatima (i.e. a mahr equal to the one set for Fatima, may Allah be pleased with her).

Answer

(1) For economic, financial and social reform, attending to the community and making arrangements is very appropriate, so that wrong practices and wrong expenses cease and the nikah ceremony is carried out in the correct manner in accordance with the sunna. The Shari‘a has set the minimum amount of mahr at ten (10)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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