Walking Bent Over at the Time of Nikah

Question

Walking before people out of veneration “like a blind man” (?) and walking slowly in an affected manner — especially for the groom, regarding it as a custom — is this impermissible or not? If someone does not walk “like a blind man” (?) but walks in his own way, he is called disrespectful and spoken ill of. Is this permissible or not?

Answer

Walking in this way and bowing before anyone out of respect has been prohibited in the hadith: [ar]عن أنس ﵁ قال: قال رجل: يا رسول الله، الرجل منا يلقى أخاه أو صديقه أينحني له؟ قال: لا[/ar] Anas ﵁ narrated: “A man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, when one of us meets his brother or his friend, should he bow to him?’ He said: ‘No’” — to the end of the hadith (Mishkat al-Masabih, p.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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