Displaying Jewellery and Clothes before the Nikah

Question

Is it permissible or not, before the nikah, to show those present at the gathering the jewellery and clothes of the “watan” (homeland)?

Answer

This is shown for the sake of display and fame, and it is prohibited according to the Shari‘a.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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