Exchanging gifts before nikaah
Q: Is exchanging of gifts permissible before nikaah? Does it fall in the hukm of bribe?
Customary practices
Dowry
Q: When marriage of a couple is commencing and the groom does not want to take any dowry from the brides family but the brides family is forcing that they want to give the things to their daughter, so does it come under dowry? If the money etc. is not taken, the relation may come under threat! What should the groom do in that situation and if it is taken then the groom will come under any sin?
Engagement functions
Q: Is having pre nikah functions found in shariah? We have heard one aalim saying e.g. engagements etc are permissible in principle if no intermingling dancing or exchanging of rings takes place.
Delaying marriage
Q: My marriage is after eid. But some of our relatives say that between two Eids the marriage does not suffer. Is it permissible to get married after eid?
Making nikaah on the day of Aashura
Q: What is the significance of performing nikaah on the day of Aashura? Is there any special virtue in this?
Giving a wedding ring to one's wife
Q: Is it permissible to give a wedding ring to your wife on your wedding day?
Formal dress code for nikaah
Q: What is the correct dress code for a bridegroom at his nikah? Is it mandotary for him to be dressed formally? ie. with a waist coat, formal
shoes, collared kurta. etc. Or is it preffered that he dresses neatly in Islamic attire, for example with just a kurta, turban, and normal non-formal shoes?
Baseless customs
Q:
- My question is that here in India during marriage or engagement the guests give money in the hand or in a envelope to the bride or groom and their parents, grand parents and it is thought bad about some one who does not give anything.
- Also before marriage when rishta (the relation ) is finalised then the relatives of both parties give some money to the bride and groom saying that this has to be given to see one another for the first time.
Secret nikaah without parents consent
Q: A female who is Aalima got married with a non Aalim without the parents consent (in secret) is the Nikah valid?
Secret nikaah
Q: I am currently engaged to a certain girl. We are completely in love with each other and go out together all the time. To save ourselves from Haraam we want to make nikah asap. However our parents are very adamant that we are still young and the nikah should be made 2 years from now, and they dont mind the Zina that is taking place. My plan is to make a secret nikah now and 2 years later I will have a normal nikah in the musjid. However, I heard a Mufti saying that this way of secret nikah and then open nikah later on is not permissible because it is haraam to make a 2nd nikah with the same lady again, it is playing around with Allah's Deen, is this true?