Guidance on the phenomenon of high bridal gifts
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Question:
He says: What is your guidance regarding the phenomenon of high bridal gifts in our neighborhood?
Answer:
It is obligatory to cooperate in reducing the bridal gifts. Their being high is not a virtue, nor is it a good deed. Rather, it is obligatory to cooperate in reducing them and facilitating marriage. This is how the people of a neighborhood, village, or tribe should cooperate in reducing the bridal gifts, the costs of the marriage contract, and the wedding feasts. All of these should be pursued for reduction so that marriage becomes easy.
He says: What is your guidance regarding the phenomenon of high bridal gifts in our neighborhood?
Answer:
It is obligatory to cooperate in reducing the bridal gifts. Their being high is not a virtue, nor is it a good deed. Rather, it is obligatory to cooperate in reducing them and facilitating marriage. This is how the people of a neighborhood, village, or tribe should cooperate in reducing the bridal gifts, the costs of the marriage contract, and the wedding feasts. All of these should be pursued for reduction so that marriage becomes easy.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ٥ — archive.org (17:38)
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