The ruling on holding wedding feasts before and after Hajj
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner says: It has become widespread in our village that when a person goes for Hajj for the first time, his relatives or the relatives of this pilgrim prepare food and invite the neighbors. What is the ruling on that? Is this an innovation?
Answer:
Making this a fixed practice is an innovation, because it is not prescribed for a Muslim, when he intends to perform Hajj, to hold a feast and invite the neighbors, or when he returns from Hajj, to hold a feast and invite people to it. Making this a fixed practice and believing that it is obligatory is an innovation. However, if one does it occasionally upon the pilgrim's return, in celebration of his return and in gratitude to Allah the Exalted for his return, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner says: It has become widespread in our village that when a person goes for Hajj for the first time, his relatives or the relatives of this pilgrim prepare food and invite the neighbors. What is the ruling on that? Is this an innovation?
Answer:
Making this a fixed practice is an innovation, because it is not prescribed for a Muslim, when he intends to perform Hajj, to hold a feast and invite the neighbors, or when he returns from Hajj, to hold a feast and invite people to it. Making this a fixed practice and believing that it is obligatory is an innovation. However, if one does it occasionally upon the pilgrim's return, in celebration of his return and in gratitude to Allah the Exalted for his return, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم إقامة الولائم قبل الحج وبعده - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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