Advice Regarding the Rising Costs of Marriage

The Shaykh:
All right.

The questioner:
Lunch in Makkah. There are three minutes left. I am sorry, Shaykh. We will finish the questions, Shaykh. This questioner is asking about the obligation of the Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
What is here now?

The questioner:
No, there are three minutes left. That was the adhan in Makkah.

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
This questioner is asking. He says: What is your advice regarding the rising costs of marriage?

The Shaykh:
By Allah, I did not understand anything. I do not know.

The questioner:
The costs of marriage are high, Honorable Shaykh. What is your advice? The costs of marriage

The Shaykh:
What is wrong with them?

The questioner:
They are high. What is your advice?

The Shaykh:
Yes. This increase depends on the market, on the high prices. The increase depends on high prices and the change in people’s circumstances. I mean, the coin or the dirhams have lost their value now; they have become cheap. Yes, it must increase. It must increase. But the increase should be relative; it should not become extravagance and waste. If the increase is due to the devaluation of the currency, if the increase is due to the devaluation of the currency, this has no limit; there is a necessary component in it. This is not allowed. But if the increase is due to waste and extravagance, this is not permissible. Yes.