What is the ruling on celebrating the anniversary of a marriage?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. She says that one of her sisters, when she had completed one year of marriage, held a party for the family to mark the occasion of the one-year anniversary. This party was held on the same date as the day she entered her husband's home. When she was pointed out to this, she said the intention is good. What is your guidance?

Answer:
This is not a common practice. Celebrating occasions by marking the passage of one year or a hundred years of something or other is not part of the religion of the Muslims. This is from the customs of the disbelievers, and it is not permissible to imitate them in these matters. If one believes that there is virtue or nearness to Allah in it, then it becomes a bid'ah (religious innovation) and is forbidden. Marriage is marked by a walimah (wedding feast) at the time of the marriage, on the occasion of the marriage, in the days of the marriage, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the one who married, or to the one who was given a sheep, that on the occasion of the marriage, on the night of the marriage, or at the time of the contract, one walimah is held. This is the sunnah (recommended practice). One should not exaggerate in it or be extravagant in it, as people do in this time, with extravagance that goes beyond the limit; that is forbidden, it is squandering. As for holding a walimah after the passage of a certain time to mark the occasion, that is not permissible. Yes.