The Ruling on the Command Regarding the Wedding Feast in Marriage
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Question:
O brother of the Shaykh, you have forgotten. May Allah protect you. The walimah (wedding feast) is a recommended practice (sunnah). In the hadith, there is a command regarding the walimah. So what is the basis for moving it from being obligatory to being recommended?
Answer:
Because it is one of the etiquettes. One of the Islamic etiquettes. So the command in it is for recommendation, and the prohibition is for dislike, like the prohibition of eating with the left hand. They said this is for dislike, because this is one of the etiquettes. So the prohibition is for dislike, and the command is for recommendation. This is a rule with them: in Islamic etiquettes, the command is for recommendation, and the prohibition is for dislike. The walimah in marriage is one of the etiquettes. Yes.
O brother of the Shaykh, you have forgotten. May Allah protect you. The walimah (wedding feast) is a recommended practice (sunnah). In the hadith, there is a command regarding the walimah. So what is the basis for moving it from being obligatory to being recommended?
Answer:
Because it is one of the etiquettes. One of the Islamic etiquettes. So the command in it is for recommendation, and the prohibition is for dislike, like the prohibition of eating with the left hand. They said this is for dislike, because this is one of the etiquettes. So the prohibition is for dislike, and the command is for recommendation. This is a rule with them: in Islamic etiquettes, the command is for recommendation, and the prohibition is for dislike. The walimah in marriage is one of the etiquettes. Yes.
Source
الأمر والنهي في الآداب الشرعية — alfawzan.live
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