Guidance regarding the evils of weddings
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, another questioner says: Many of the occasions, weddings, and celebrations among some Muslims today are filled with what is wrong, such as extravagance in food, much of which ends up in the waste, and extravagance in clothing, jewelry, and adornment. They also bring in some matters that involve disobedience to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. What is your guidance? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
Preparing the wedding feast for the occasion of marriage is a recommended practice (sunnah), but without extravagance. Rather, the feast should be moderate, with relatives and neighbors invited, and it should be moderate. One should not be extravagant in preparing food beyond what is needed. However, there is something even greater than that in these occasions: the evils involving the women. Yes.
The women who attend these occasions come adorned, perfumed, and wearing loose, revealing clothing, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. This is a great calamity in these occasions.
Also, this photography that has appeared among people on the occasion of marriage, so they photograph the attendees and boast about it. Photography is a major sin, one of the major sins, and there is a severe warning against it. So what is the reason for this photography? This is forbidden and wrong. The display of adornment by women is another wrong. Yes. May Allah reward you. Also, sometimes these celebrations are interspersed with some of the evils that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has forbidden.
Yes, as we mentioned, they are interspersed with evils from the men and from the women. From the men, through photography and the like, and from the women, through not covering up, exposing themselves, adorning themselves, using perfume, and other things, and also staying up late. Yes.
They stay up late at the celebrations, leaving their homes and their children. This is also one of the evils. It was supposed that when the amount of time needed has passed, they should return to their homes and sleep, and then wake up for the Fajr prayer. As for staying up late for gossip or for evils, the matter is more severe. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Shaykh Salih, another questioner says: Many of the occasions, weddings, and celebrations among some Muslims today are filled with what is wrong, such as extravagance in food, much of which ends up in the waste, and extravagance in clothing, jewelry, and adornment. They also bring in some matters that involve disobedience to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. What is your guidance? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
Preparing the wedding feast for the occasion of marriage is a recommended practice (sunnah), but without extravagance. Rather, the feast should be moderate, with relatives and neighbors invited, and it should be moderate. One should not be extravagant in preparing food beyond what is needed. However, there is something even greater than that in these occasions: the evils involving the women. Yes.
The women who attend these occasions come adorned, perfumed, and wearing loose, revealing clothing, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. This is a great calamity in these occasions.
Also, this photography that has appeared among people on the occasion of marriage, so they photograph the attendees and boast about it. Photography is a major sin, one of the major sins, and there is a severe warning against it. So what is the reason for this photography? This is forbidden and wrong. The display of adornment by women is another wrong. Yes. May Allah reward you. Also, sometimes these celebrations are interspersed with some of the evils that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has forbidden.
Yes, as we mentioned, they are interspersed with evils from the men and from the women. From the men, through photography and the like, and from the women, through not covering up, exposing themselves, adorning themselves, using perfume, and other things, and also staying up late. Yes.
They stay up late at the celebrations, leaving their homes and their children. This is also one of the evils. It was supposed that when the amount of time needed has passed, they should return to their homes and sleep, and then wake up for the Fajr prayer. As for staying up late for gossip or for evils, the matter is more severe. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
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